Ancient/Classical Asia (India, China, Japan)

Time when Ancient India emerged in river valleys & the beginning of Hinduism.

• Harrappan Period

• Zheng Dynasty

• Samurai Clan

• Han Dynasty

India was similar to other civilizations in that religion played a major role in ______ and daily life.

• economy

• jeopardy

• politics

• education

Japan is known as all of the following EXCEPT:

• Nippon

• Land of the Rising Sun

• Wa

• People's Republic

Over 13,000 miles total, this architecture helped keep Mongols from invading China.

• Great Wall

• Berlin Wall

• Walls of Jericho

• Iron Curtain

This route allowed for the exchange of goods and ideas but traders could face dangers of robbers, bad weather, and illness. Traders traveled in caravans. It also stretched from Europe to China.

• Silk Road

• Tea Road

• Spice Road

• Caravan Road

pieces of turtle bone or shell used to try and predict future events by supernatural means

• oracle bones

• taotie masks

• liquid bronze

• silver

Bronze work during this time period is one of the great cultural achievements in the ancient world & FIRST dynasty to leave written records

• Xia

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

longest lasting dynasty in China's history and marked the period of intellectual awakening

• Xia

• Shang

• Zhou

• Qin

believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment, or nirvana & also spread from India to East Asia

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

• Daoism

______ means achieving wisdom.

• Nirvana

• Yoga

• Meditation

• Reincarnation