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5. Define and describe the [["sacred geography"]] of India. | 5. Define and describe the [["sacred geography"]] of India. | ||
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1. Describe the impact of the environment on the Rise and Fall of Indus Civilization. Environment has had an impact on all civilizations throughout history, specifically, India has been impacted by droughts, monsoons, and storms. The most popular environmental impact in India is monsoons. The people in India find the monsoons to be a gift from the gods, telling them that water will come again and the crops will be harvested. A less popular climate change is the droughts, the droughts make the crops impossible to grow.
Augie Avery
2. Describe the elements of Harrapan civilization.
3. Give the material markers of the Mohenjo Daro civilization.
4. Who were the Aryans and what influence did they have upon traditional Indian culture? Include the caste system; its origins and effects.
5. Define and describe the "sacred geography" of India.
India was a focal point in religious views, containing 270 holy places spread across it's lands. For example: Prayag, the most famous holy site, was depicted as the spot where the universe was convieved, a mound emerging from the water. The land in India was woven throughout the history and the religion.
Helen Dodd
Sources:
Manual page 153
6. What is the importance of Prayag?
7. Describe the three main Hindu gods.
8. Describe the three goddesses.
9. Who is Buddha?
10. What are the Three Universal Truths?-
11. What are the Four Noble Truths?
12. What is the Eightfold Path?
13. What is the Tipitaka?
14. What are the main branches of Buddhism? Describe each
15. What was the Axis age?
During the sixth century BC, the Ganges cities civilization produced an amazing intellectual and religious flowering. After vanishing from the Indus cities, writing was re-introduced! Astronomy, geometry, grammar, phonetics, and etymology all came from this time. A material that was greatly focused on was religion and philosophy. During the Axis Age great speculation about the creation of the world were made. The Axis Age is called the Axis Age because so many of the great thinkers of history were alive at the same time. For example: Buddha and Mahavira in India, Pythagoras and Heraclitus in Greece, the greatest of the Old Testament prophets, and Confucius and Lao Tzu in China. This coincidence of lives suggests that the ancient world was undergoing a crisis of spirit and opportunity. Fundamental questions about the nature of God, about the purpose of life on Earth, and about the basis and authority of the kings and states began to arise in the ancient civilizations. At the heart of it all were the two main questions: How do you persuade your citizens to act as moral human beings? How do you persuade them to be good?
Cite: History Manual Pg 157
Sophie Worscheh
16. Who was Ashoka and what did he try to accomplish?
17. Give the essential ideas of Asoka's edicts.
