World History

Civilizations of Africa. The Nile provided a source of life for all the people that lived around it. It provided water for agriculture but was not the only way to farm agriculturally. There was often rainstorms. For 1000 years, the Coptic form of religion dominated the area. Axum was a very wealthy state and the plow was used to increase the productivity of agriculture. Was dominated by Christians. Along the Niger River, Niger valley civilization had no corresponding state structure. Had complex urban centers that operated without authority of a state. A form of trade in labor was used with different authority groups and specialized economic groups.     Civilizations of mesoamerica. The Maya, 250-900 BCE, Had many great structures like periods and different urban centers. They learned mathematics and studied astronomy. Their politics weren't like imperial states like Romans or China. Instead, they were competing for city-states. Due to overpopulation, warfare and much more th...

The classical era and all the way to the modern era had the same patriarchies and Hierarchies. A lot of the elements of these hierarchies and patriarchies continue today. Society and the state in China. the highest position in China's state was held by the government officials. in 124 B.C.E.  they made the Imperial Academy for future government workers to learn the Confucius ways. there was an exam to enter the school, exams were provided to anyone but easier for someone who's wealthy and have more time to study and pass one. once a citizen-passed the exam they would become a social servant and would be raised tremendously and social class. The landlord class. Farmland was the major source of wealth in China The Scholar-Gentry was a term for those who can combine being a government official and being a landlord. the majority of the Chinese population has been peasants. pressured to do the majority of the country's work. Peasants were poor but were the backbone of the enti...

The legalist answer. Motivated by high rewards, heavy punishments. China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang used legalism. The teaching of Confucius was a teacher and thinker. After his death, his work was made into Analects. The Confucianism goal is teaching people strong moral examples. Confuses believes were secular.  Laozi thought people should withdrawal into nature. Did not value education and encouraged the spontaneous natural behavior. Believed in a force called Dao which surrounded all things in nature. Southern Asian religion started with the Vedas(1500-600 B.C.E.) began as Vedism and would later become what we call the foundation of Buddhism today.  Upanishads (600-400 B.C.E) taught that a human soul or an Atman was apart of a greater world-soul or a Brahman. Hinduism believes that our souls are trapped in an endless cycle of reincarnation or samsara, In samsara, your previous lifes actions and events determine the next life, this is Karma. Moksha is release samsara...