1. Loose Ends for Unit 2

2. Key Concept 2.1: The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
I. Religions provide a bond among people & an ethical code
Jews
- Assyrians, Babylonians, and Roman all lead to Jewish Diaspora
Hindus
- Social & Political Roles of the Caste System

3. 2.1 cont.
II. New Belief Systems A. Buddhism – educational institutions B. Confucianism – social harmony C. Daoism Influenced Traditional Chinese Medicine - belief that all parts of the universe are interconnected (ex. Acupunture) D. Christianity

4. 2.1 cont.
II. New Belief Systems cont E. Greco-Roman Philosophy emphasized Logic Empirical Observation The Nature of Political Power F. Art & Architecture reflected the values of religions & belief systems

5. Architecture Examples

6. Architecture Examples

7. Architecture Examples

8. Architecture Examples

9. 2.1 (cont)
III. Belief systems affected gender roles A. Buddhism & Christianity – monastic life B. Confucianism – filial piety IV. Some Places Stay the Same A. Shamanism & Animism – reliance on natural world B. Ancestor Veneration

10. Key Concept 2.2 The Development of States and Empires
The number and size of key states and empires grew dramatically by imposing political unity on areas where previously there had been competing states.
A. Persia
B. Qin & Han
C. Maurya & Gupta
D. Phoenicia, Greece, Rome
E. Teotihuacan & Mayan City States
F. Moche

11. 2.2 Cont
II. Empires and states developed new techniques of imperial administration (building on others) A. Administrative Institutions 1. Centralized Governments 2. Elaborate legal systems and bureaucracies B. Projecting military power 1. Diplomacy 2. Developing supply lines 3. Building fortifications, defensive walls, & roads 4. Drawing from conquered peoples

12. 2.2 Cont.
III. Unique social and economic dimensions developed in imperial societies in Afro-Eurasia and the Americas. A. Cities: Administration, Religion, & Trade B. Social Structures C. Food Production & Rewards for loyalty (Corvee, Slavery, Rents & Tributes, Peasant Communities, Family & Household Productions) D. Patriarchy

13. 2.2 Cont.
IV. The Roman, Han, Persian, Mauryan, & Gupta empires created political, cultural, and administrative difficulties that they could not manage, which eventually led to their decline, collapse, and transformation into successor empires or states. A. Wealth Gap B. External Problems

14. Land and Water routes became basis for trans-regional trade
Key Concept 2.3 Emergence of Transregional Networks of Communication and Exchange
Land and Water routes became basis for trans-regional trade
New technologies facilitated long-distance communication and exchange
New technologies permitted the use of domesticated pack animals
Innovations in maritime technologies
A. Dhow ships & Lateen Sail
B. Knowledge of Monsoon Winds

15. Lateen Sails – Dhow Ships

16. Monsoon Winds

17. 2.3 cont. III. More than just goods are exchanged
Changes in farming & irrigation techniques
1. The qanat system
Spread of disease pathogens
Religious and Cultural Traditions transformed as they spread.
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism