Eastern Classical Civilizations Review

Kshatriyas- Warriors

Vaisyas- Merchants and farmers

Sudras-Peasants and servants

Brahmins- Priest

Belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form

Method of training that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman

Must worship the leader as a god

a woman is superior

A road covered in silk, on which only the king could travel

A great wall three thousand miles long

A trade route over which Chinese goods traveled to markets in the west

The road that would through Japan, the first area of world to produce silk

Encourage trade along the Silk Road

Protect China from Northern invasion

Serve as a royal palace

Spread Confucian teachings

River valley civilizations were much larger than the classical ones that followed.

Classical civilizations tended to control more territories and people.

River valley civilizations were more advanced in technological development.

Classical civilizations were free from invasions from nomadic tribes.

The belief in monotheism was advanced by the river valley civilizations.

The idea of religious freedom was promoted by the river valley civilizations.

The tradition of hunting and gathering was introduced by the river valley civilizations.

The foundations of political centralization were established by the river valley civilizations.

the rise of Sikhism

the spread of Buddhism

the introduction of Islam

the prohibition of Hinduism

centralized government, a strong military, a dominant position in the world

confederate government, fractured military, a dominant position in the world

centralized government, no military to challenge the government, a dominant position in the world

none of these