Ancient India and China
China
Religion
Cities
Early Civilizations
Early Civilizatins 5000 - 1700 B.C.
Religion
Innovations 
River Vallies
India
Indus Vally 6000 - 1700 B.C.
Mohenjo-Daro
Two religions develop in Ancient India
Hinduism 1500 B.C. - Present
Buddhism 563 B.C. - Present
Empires
Aryans 1650 - 500 B.C.
Mauryan 563 - 200 B.C.
Siddhartha Gautman
Buddha - "Enlightened One"
4 Noble Truths and the 8 fold path leads to Nirvana or Enlightenment
 
Many gods
Shiva- the Destroyer
Spread during the Aryan Empire
Spread in the Mauryan and Gupta Empires
Gupta 100 - 552 A.D.
Vishnu- the Protector
Brahma- the Creator
Shang Dynasty 1766 - 1122 B.C.
use of Pictographs 1600 B.C.
Dynasties
Zhou Dynasty 1122 - 256 B.C.
Quin Dynasty 316 - 206 B.C.
Han Dynasty 206 - 220 A.D.
Huang He
Yangtze
Buddhism
Confucianism - 551 B.C.
Confucius - Chines philosopher
developed guide to living a moral life
Paper
Great Wall
Pasta
Ice Cream
Gun powder
Fireworks
Dynastic Cycle
Mandate of Heavan
New Dynasty
Brings peace
Rebuilds infrastructure
Give lands to Peasants
Protects the people
Old Dynasty
Taxes people too much
Stops prtecting the people
Lets infrastructure decay
Treats people unfairly
Problems
Floods, Earthquake, etc.
Peasants revolt
Invaders attack empire
Bandits raid countryside
New Dynasty claims Mandate of Heaven
Generations go by, New Dynasty becomes...
Old Dynasty loses Mandate of Heaven
Silk
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