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South Asia
Pakistan and Bangladesh (India) today
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Harrapa
- Civilization on Indus River
- Wheat, Barley
- Writing we can't read
- Unicorns
- Domesticated Chicken
- Liked Symmetrical
- Liked Baths, Toilets
- Dentistry
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Early Indo-Europeans
- Looking for Pasture
- Domesticated Horse
- Cattle
- Tribal
- Not literate
- Sanskrit-holy language
- Prakrit-everyday language
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Caste System
- Brahmins (priests)
- Kshatriyas (warriors/aristocrats)
- Vaishyas (cultivators/artisans/merchants)
- Shudras (landless laborers)
- Untouchables (death/sewage)
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Law Book of Manu
Says women stay home and submit to man
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Patriarchal
- Only men can:
- Get an education
- Own property
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Sattee
When husband dies, women burn themselves in fire on husband's grave. Not always her choice.
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Bride Burnings
Kill wives so they can marry again and get new dowry
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Hinduism
- Comes from Indus
- Polytheistic
- Gods are Elemental Gods: Indra (god of war, partying) and Varuna (associated with sky, uphold social and moral order)
- Virtue was huge for them
- Rebirth, Reincarnation, Karma
- Try to stop cycle of reincarnation, to reach Nirvana
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