The towns and cities are far apart.
Every town or city traded with another town or city.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
How did Hinduism and Buddism spread to southeast aisa
Hinduium
Hinduism came to southeast aisa around the first century CE. It is believed
that Hindu priest from India were invited to the courts of southeast asian rulers to teach indian culture.
Many historians concluded that this was because India was considered to be one of the most advanced civilisations
in those days. The kings wanted to learn from the Indians.
BUDDHISM
Buddhism came to southeast asia c.300CE. It was brought by the Indian and Chinese traders as well as the Buddhist missionaries who travelled with them.
Hinduism came to southeast aisa around the first century CE. It is believed
that Hindu priest from India were invited to the courts of southeast asian rulers to teach indian culture.
Many historians concluded that this was because India was considered to be one of the most advanced civilisations
in those days. The kings wanted to learn from the Indians.
BUDDHISM
Buddhism came to southeast asia c.300CE. It was brought by the Indian and Chinese traders as well as the Buddhist missionaries who travelled with them.
The impact that the different religion had on acient southeast asia
IMPACT OF RELIGIONS
They had an impact on the way the people lived.These religions also guide many acient southeast asia
rulers in the way thry govern. In mainland southeast asia,khmer kings became Hindu devarajas (divine kings) and their people construct capital cities in which their palaces represented gods. Rulers of island southeast asia adopted Islam and called themselves sultans. The kingdoms were called sultanates. In acient China, the people of ancient southeast aisa did not entirely follow the new religionand abandon their older beliefs. They combined the older beliefs and the new teachings. Today, the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam continue to shape the lives of people in southeast aisa. Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are countries where majority of the people are muslims while the people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar and mostly Buddhist.
They had an impact on the way the people lived.These religions also guide many acient southeast asia
rulers in the way thry govern. In mainland southeast asia,khmer kings became Hindu devarajas (divine kings) and their people construct capital cities in which their palaces represented gods. Rulers of island southeast asia adopted Islam and called themselves sultans. The kingdoms were called sultanates. In acient China, the people of ancient southeast aisa did not entirely follow the new religionand abandon their older beliefs. They combined the older beliefs and the new teachings. Today, the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam continue to shape the lives of people in southeast aisa. Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are countries where majority of the people are muslims while the people in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar and mostly Buddhist.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
worksheet: What happened c. 1150 BCE?
In history according to the Chinese, the Shang dynasty began when T'ang, a man of great virtue and wisdom, overthrew the decadent emperor Chieh, the last of the Hsia dynasty. Like the previous dynasty, the Shang eventually declined and ended with the ignominious rule of the last Shang king, Chou; he was overthrown by King Wen and his son Wu who began the third dynasty of China, the Chou.
Shang Zhou, the last Shang king, committed suicide after his army was defeated by the Zhou people. Legends say that his army betrayed him by joining the Zhou rebels in a decisive battle that took place.
The classical novel Fengshen Yanyi is about the war between the Yin and Zhou, in which each was favored and supported by one group of gods.
After Yin's collapse, the surviving Yin ruling family collectively changed their surname from their royal Zi (子) (pinyin: zi; Wade-Giles: tzu) to the name of their fallen dynasty, Yin (殷). The family remained aristocratic and often provided needed administrative services to the succeeding Zhou Dynasty. The King Cheng of Zhou, through the Regent, his uncle the Duke Dan of Zhou, enfeoffed the former Shang King Zhou's brother Ziqi (子啟) as the ruler of Wei (微), in the former Shang capital at Shang (商), with the territory becoming the state of Song later in history. The State of Song and the royal Shang descendants maintained rites to the dead Shang kings which lasted until 286 BC. (Source: Records of the Grand Historian.)
Both Korean and Chinese legends state that a disgruntled Yin prince named Jizi (箕子), who had refused to cede power to the Zhou, left China with his garrison and founded Gija Joseon, and it would become one of the early Korean states (Go-, Gija-, and Wiman-Joseon).
Many Shang clans migrated northeast and were integrated into Yan culture during the Western Zhou period. These clans maintained an elite status, continuing their sacrificial and burial traditions.
sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Dynasty#Fall_of_Shang
worksheet: Religion
The Shang worshipped a figure they called "Shang Ti," or "Lord on High." This supreme god ruled over lesser gods of the sun, the moon, the wind, the rain, and other natural forces and places. Shang-Ti also regulated human affairs as well as ruling over the material universe. This dual function would, in the Chou dynasty, be attributed to a more abstract figure, "t'ien," or "Heaven." The Shang also believed that their ancestors dwelled in heaven after their death and continued to show an interest in their family and descendants. The obligations within the family included, therefore, the ancestors. Failing in one's duties to the ancestors could bring all sorts of disaster on a family. All of these divine and semi-divine figures, from Shang-Ti to a family's ancestors, were sacrificed to. However, we know little of the nature or the frequency of these sacrifices. We do know, however, that in the Chou dynasty only the king could sacrifice to Shang-Ti; it is highly likely that Shang-Ti was the "local god" of the Shang kings who was subsequently elevated in order to elevate the Shang themselves. The one disturbing fact of Shang sacrifice is that it certainly involved humans; slaves and prisoners of war were often sacrificed by the hundreds when a king died. Lesser numbers were sacrificed at the founding of a palace or temple. Priest help to do these rituals.
Friday, July 17, 2009
What happened c. 1500 BCE??
It was proably the marauding Aryan horsemen responsible for the collapse of the Indus Valley civilization or maybe the drought and a fall-off in trade slowly kill the Harappan culture. Historians are also still not sure of the reason behind the fall of the collaspe of te Indus Valley civilisation. Historicans have discovered that the aryan might have attacked the Indus Valley Civilisation and their defence fell cause the death of many people leading to the fall. It might also be the people of the civilisation stopped trading a certain reason thus killing the Indus VAlley Culture.
Writtings
There is evidence of artefacts found which indicate that the people of the Indus Valley Civilisation had a system of communication. The archaeologist had found writings, they are short inscriptions on small stone seals (for stamping impressions) and amulets. The ancient Indus Civilisation script has not been understood by historians. Seals or ceramic pots has writtings that are no more than 4 or 5 characters in length; the longest is only 26 characters. But historians comparisons studies have shown that Indus writing evolved into the much later Brahmi script.The writtings are so short, some scholars wonder whether the Indus script fell short of a true writing system. . Morever, there is one, a piece of evidence suggesting that the script embodies that it is a well-known, widespread, and complex communication system. Evidence has been found that appears to be the remains of a large sign that was mounted above the gate to the city. It was probably designed to inform travelers of the city's name, just like the welcome signs seen today along highways leading to major cities.
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