ch. 3 the late bronze age in the eastern hemisphere
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Ch. 3 The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Hemisphere. Early China – Demography. Where did most of China’s population live? Why is the southern third of China blue and purple? Where would you suspect most environmental problems to be now?. wheat. Chinese Crops. millet. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ch. 3 The Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Hemisphere
Early China – Demography
1. Where did most of China’s population live?2. Why is the southern third of China blue and purple?3. Where would you suspect most environmental problems to be
now?
Chinese Crops
Modern China Ag. Production
millet
rice
wheat
Chinese Silk
motif
Feng Shui
Ancestor Worship
British Colombia
Togo
Shang Ancestor Worship Why would people worship their
ancestors? The two pictures on the left on the
preceding slide are also forms of ancestor worship. Why do you think ancestor worship was so widespread?
Bronze as a Status Symbol
Warring States PeriodWhat were the Chinese dynasties that preceded the Warring States period and came after it?
Philosophies of China
Legalism, started by Shang Lang, Han
Feizi, and Li Si
Daoism (Taoism), started by Lao Tzi
(Laozi)
Confucianism, started by Confucius(Kong Qiu)
Confucianism Daoism Legalism
Daoism (Taoism)transliteration from ChineseLife is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.-Lao Tzu
Silence is a source of great strength.-Lao Tzu
“The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the reward is no so rewarding once it has been given. If we add up all the rewards in our lives, we won't have very much. But if we add up the spaces *between* the rewards, we'll come up with quite a bit. And if we add up the rewards *and* the spaces, then we'll have everything - every minute of the time that we spent.” ― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
Family in Shang China
Nubian Trade
Prehistoric trade spanned the northeastern corner of the Sahara in the Naqadan era. Predynastic Egyptians in the Naqada I period traded with Nubia to the south, the oases of the western desert to the west, and the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean to the east.[5] They also imported obsidian from Ethiopia to shape blades and other objects.
Nubia
Why do you think Egypt was so determined to keep control of Nubia and Nubia’s trade?
Meroe
Where would you live?
Matrilineal/Patrilineal• matrilineal primogeniture where
the eldest female child of the subject is entitled to the hereditary succession before her younger sisters, and her brothers are not entitled at all.
• matrilineal ultimogeniture where the youngest daughter is the heir. This system is found among the Khasis of India.
• rotation among female relatives.• matrilineal seniority, where the
eldest sister is succeeded by her next eldest sister, etc., until the surviving sisters have had their turns, at which point the females of the next generation, daughters of these "original" sisters will have their turns, in order of seniority.
Example of Nubian Matrilineal System
Shift from Bronze to Iron
Bronze
Mixed Metal (Copper and Tin or Arsenic)
Hard to find both metals in one place
Hard (3 o/10 Mohs)
Iron
Single Metal (Iron ore)
2nd most abundant metal on earth
Hard (4.5 o/10 Mohs)
Why would people shift from using bronze to Iron?
Cosmopolitan2cosmopolitanadjective : showing an interest in different cultures, ideas, etc.: having people from many different parts of the world
cosmo- combining formprefix: cosmo-1. of or relating to the world or the universe.from French, ultimately from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmo- COSMO- + politēs citizen
Strongest of the Strongest
Hebrews – Had sheep, on the western end of the Silk Road Trade to transfer to the Mediterranean, killed most of the people living in Canaan
Assyrians – Mean people enslaved those around them, at least those that weren’t killed first
Egyptians – Strong group who had chariots, they were strong in Northern Africa at least most of the time
Babylonians – Strong leaders, took over others in the area including the southern two tribes of Israel
Hittites – Created the chariots and Iron, fought against southern rival, the Egyptians
Where are all these located?
Hyksos
(“Shepard-Kings”) were a Semetic speaking people who came from Palestine to the northeast. They were pastoralist. The Hyksos excelled at war, possessing a number of military advantages over the seemingly more civilized Egyptians. The Hyksos brought with them the composite bow made of wood and horn layered together through lamination and bound with sinew that gave it a huge advantage in distance, power, and accuracy. They wore bronze body armor (the Egyptians had no armor at all), and they had developed a much lighter shield, which left them less encumbered than their Egyptian foes, whose shields weighed them down. Last, the Hyksos introduced into Egypt the most significant military weapon of the Bronze Age: the chariot.
Ahmose IWhen Ahmose (reigned from c1550 – 1525 BC) became king, Egypt was in crisis. It was occupied in the north and threatened in the south. It was a shadow of its former self. But by the time he died, Ahmose had liberated his country and started the new Egyptian empire.
Ahmose was 10 when he became pharaoh with his mother as regent until he was 20.
Myrrh and Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Akhenaten & monotheism• Changed his name
from Amenhotep IV.• Began worship of
Aten (the sun god)• Changed his wife’s
name from Nefertiti to Nefer Nefru Aten
• He claimed he was the only one who could speak to his god
• Moved the capital to Akhetaton now Amarna
• Changed to a more naturalistic art style
• Was erased from history
Tutankhamen, restorationist Boy pharaoh at 9 Restored Amon
worship Married his half-
sister Changed his and his
wife’s name back to the old religion
Grave found by Howard Carter, the first undisturbed grave and making King Tut famous.
Minoan Civilization on Crete
Heinrich Schleiman,Mycenaean Civilization & Troy
Early Greek City-States
Early Greek Cultural Contact
Greek Trade (Olive oil & Wine