Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Civlizations of India Flash Cards: Harappans Vedas
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Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Influences –Geography Himalayas & Deccan Plain Semitropical Regular monsoon winds & rain Open to influences from the West Mesopotamia Alexander the Great Indian History: Formative Period
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Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert The Indus River Valley Harappan civilization, 3rd millennium B.C.E. Indus river system
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Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert The Great Epic Age –Aryans Indo-European pastoralists (nomads) Into Asia Minor, Europe, Iran from 2000s B.C.E. Sweep south into India Indian History: Formative Period
Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Vedic & Epic Ages in Ancient India –Sanskrit oral epics of the Vedic Age Rig-Veda, Hindu sacred texts –Epic Age, B.C.E. Mahabharata (& Bhagavad Gita) The Upanishads – more spiritual than Vedas
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