They created the social classes were the “base” people were the ones who worked and “fed” the whole civilization. They also created several government systems such as reigns, tyrannies and much later democracies. Other physical features that leveraged the growth of civilizations were the natural barriers such as mountains, desserts and oceans. These features protected the early (and weak) civilizations. In document 3 you can see that the Indus valley civilization was well protected by The Himalaya Mountains, the Thar Desert and the Arabian Sea.
Body CD 3A: Confucian beliefs have it that women should always concede to their husbands. Therefore, it made the Confucian society a patriarchal one. Body TS B: Hinduism is a religion that was and is very prominent in India; it best known for its caste system. Body CD 1B: Had a social structure that from highest to lowest had priests and religious leaders, rulers and warriors, skilled laborers (farmers, merchants, craftsmen, etc. ), and lastly slaves and servants.
The Vaisya were the farmers and merchants. The Sudra were the laborers of the caste system and the untouchables were made to do the labor that dealt with death and that was unclean. The Chinese social class system included the different classes of the landlord class, peasant class and the merchant class. The people who made up the landlord class had large amounts of land. The people of the peasant class made up most of China and these peasants had a
Claudia Breazeale 2-27-15 1st Period WHAP Were the Samurai and Knights Really That Different? As they are both challenging and skilled warriors, a strong comparison can be made between the samurai and the knights. Each group had particular goals and characteristics, but were alike in many aspects. Both parties represented the “ideal” man of each society, the one every man wanted to be. Several similarities and differences can be shown between the knights and the samurai, including feudalism, being guided by a code of honor, education and religion, weapons and armor.
It was the middle sort who made up the mass of the population and therefore to say their support is crucial is also to say that stereotypically, the middle sort were those who fought for and supported the ideology of, parliament. The ‘spontaneous enthusiasm of the yeoman families’(source 8) to fight in battle for the Puritan oligarchy reiterates how the middle sect were fighting on behalf of parliament because of their status in society. Source 8 agrees with the fact that those who fought for Parliament did so, because of class as a determining factor; men like ‘tradesman Nehemiah Wallington… clothier Samuel Priestley… and townsman John Coulton, sustained the parliamentarian cause in the field.’(Source 8) These entrepreneurial men, were independent from the kind and could survive without inherited wealth. They had generated their own background of wealth through hard work and innovative ideas, and fought for parliament because they did not need to rely on the king for their continued success. Their class – as the middle sect, fought for parliament because the hierarchical structure was something they regarded as unimportant to their success and in some ways, even hindered their development and progress.
Identify the basis of the Mughal economy. Their basis in economy is the majority of the peasants and tyranny and most of the otter classes usually included. 4. Describe the cultural of the Mughal Empire. The culture of the Mughal Empire included many influences on the ottoman and Indian peoples.
Jared says, "People around the world who had access to the most productive crops becomes the most productive farmers". As the fertile crescent brought many great crops and animals that spread and Europeans people were able to gain access much earlier then other civilizations. In the first video Jared states
The general of the Minamoto, became the head man of the Samurais, very much like the knights they swore to protect their people. From roughly 1000-1600 CE the Samurais were trained to be warriors to defend Japan, and the Knights were trained warriors to defend Europe. They were different, but they were more alike than different, because of their Class Systems and loyalty, their armor and military training, and their Honor and views of death. Both the Samurais and the Knights were similar in their Class Systems and loyalty. They were both part of the Feudal System (Doc A).
The Brahmins were the high priests of Vedic society and the most respected; also, they were the only ones able reach nirvana (Armstrong, 7). The second rank was called the Kshatiya. The Kshatiya were the warriors, and were honored for fighting for their societies. The third rank was called the Vaishya. The Vaishya were the farmers of Vedic society, they were highly disrespected, but not as much as the lowest rank.
China, India, The United States and Brazil are among the leading exporters of cotton in the world. Inequality has long been associated with cotton production. It was a central point in keeping of slaves and the practice of slave labour in the South in 17th and 18th century America. Conditions have drastically improved in the US today, but the exploitation of cotton farmers in other developing countries such as Brazil, India and Burkina Faso has brought much attention to the issue if Fair Trade. Millions of poor farmers are dependent on these commodities such as cotton and on the price they receive for their harvest.