1. Get out your composition books and get a purple textbook. Be prepared to take notes, but don’t move the desks. If you can’t see the board, move to a desk at the front.

2. ANCIENT INDIA

4. Geography continued Monsoons River valleys Harappa Mohenjo Daro

5. Early Politics Aryans South, central Asia Hunters Raised and herded animals Nomadic Good warriors Metal tipped spears Tribes raja

6. Social Structures Brahmans Kshatriyas Vaisyas Sudras

7. Social Structures continued Family the center of life Men had more rights than women Gurus Arranged marriages Suttee

8. Religion Theocracy

9. Hinduism Oldest 3 rd largest Evolved over thousands of years Universal spirit Upanishads Reincarnation Dharma Karma

10. Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama Give up all desires Nirvana Four Noble Truths Theravada Mahayana

11. Empires