KBAT INDIA & CHINA

Xia
Shang
Zhou
WARRING
QIN
HAN
TANG
Dates
Aryan Invasion

Chou (Zhou) Dynasty

Maurya Empire

Harappa

Period of Warring States

Gupta Empire

Mohenjo-daro

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

Han Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

Burned books, Totalitarian

Tang Dynasty

Analects

Classic of Songs

Han Dynasty Unified

Aryans (Indo-Europeans)

Confucius, Poems

China, Central and Local,

Ashoka

Confucianism Ethical

Philisophical Tecahings

Avatars

sociopolitical teaching, Zhou

banned under Chin returned

Brahma

Daoism (Taoism) Follow

to Circulation

Buddhism

your own way or nature

Han Fei Warring States,

Caste System

Dynastic Cycle Transfer of

Legalism

Chin (Qin) Dynasty

one dynasty to another

Harappa/Mohenjo-daro

Chandra Gupta I Gupta -

Fa-Hsien Traveled to India,

Indus Valley Civilization,

Founder

Buddhist Monk, Reported on

Plumbing System

Chandra Gupta II Gupta

Caste System

Hinduism -

Height of Empire

Feudalism -

Hsia (Xia) Dynasty 2000-

Chandragupta - Mauryan

Five Classics - Book of

1600, Mythical Emperors

Chinese social classes

Odes, Book of
Documents, Book of
Changes, Book of Rites,
and the Spring and
Autumn Annals.

Mandate of Heaven,

Know

Scholars
Peasants
Soldiers
Artisans
Domestic Slaves

Chou (Zhou) Dynasty

Iron
Written Script
Philosophy
Hydraulic
Engineering

Freize at Khajuraho, India

Erotic Art
Great Wall of China
Protects against the Huns
and Mongols, Qin Dynasty
Gupta Empire Contributed

Chung Kuo Middle

Math, number 0, Astrology,

Kingdom

Medical

Hwang He Civilization
Kali God of Time, Change
and Destruction
Kalidasa (Sakuntala) Wrote
Sakuntala, Poet
Kautilya Advisor to
Chandragupta
Krishna and the Maiden in a
Garden
Lao-Tzu
Lao-zi

Legalism

Pax Sinica

The Fasting Buddha

Li Po

Sanskrit

Theravada

Lion capital erected by

Shang Dynasty

Upanishads

Ashoka

Shih Huang-ti (Shih

Vedas

Mahayana

Huangdi)

Wang Mang

Mandate of Heaven

Shiva

White Huns

Maurya Empire

Siddhartha Gautama

Wu Ti (Han)

Mencius

Tang Dynasty

Yin/Yang Opposing forces

Nalanda

Tao te ching

balance each other

Be able to
Describe the climate and topography of China and its impact on population, and economy of China.

Describe the climate and topography of India and its impact on population, and economy of India.

Explain the impact of the Aryans and their invasion on the Indian subcontinent (Include features
such as Sanskrit, caste system, Vedas, Karma, asceticism, etc.)

Explain the origin and basic beliefs of Buddhism and describe how this has influenced art forms (8
fold path, four noble truths, Buddha, Stupas, etc.)

Compare/contrast Hinduism and Buddhism.

Compare/contrast Chinese and India social structures. What factors have influenced their
development?

Explain the persistence of Buddhism, Daoism, and Legalism in Classical Chinese politics.

Identify major cultural, geographical, architectural, and/or political achievements of each of the
following empires/dynasties.
Gupta
Maurya
Hsia (Xia)
Shang
Chou (Zhou)
Han
Tang
Chin (Qin)
Compare/contrast the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire.

Explain the Dynastic Cycle and how the mandate of heaven factors into it.

Make connections between ancient and modern China/India and analyze the impact of tradition on
their modern culture (See World in the Balance Video notes).