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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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What were the internal threats faced by the ancient Chinese?

The ancient Chinese experienced internal threats such as the flooding of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, famines, Civil War, Peasant rebellion and Military rebellion.

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What were the internal threats that the people of ancient Southeast Asia faced?

The internal threats they faced were Natural Disasters such as Volcanic eruptions, Succession Disputes, Warfare and Rebellion and Piracy.

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What were the measures taken by the ancient Indians to deal with external threats?

They built physical barriers and armies by having tall walls to keep out foreign invaders and having thousands of war elephants and soldiers. They also participated in diplomacy to reduce the risk of being invaded,

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What were the measures taken by the ancient Chinese against foreign invasions?

The ancient Chinese formed a tribute system, built physical barriers and armies and developed advanced weapons.

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What were the external threats that the people of ancient Southeast Asia faced?

The external threats were rivalry between kingdoms and foreign invasions.

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Why was it important for the people of ancient India, China and Southeast Asia to respond to external threats?

If they do not respond to the external threats, the condition will get worse and the control of the king to the country will be decreased slowly until he is overthrown.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Impact of Religions

Hinduism,Buddhism and Islam guided many ancient SEA rulers in the way they governed. For example, in mainland SEA, Khmer kings became Hindu divine kings and had their people construct capital cities in which their palaces represented the home of the gods. Meanwhile, rulers of island SEA adopted Islam and called themselves sultans. Their kingdoms were called sultanates.

In ancient China, the people of ancient SEA did not entirely follow the teachings of their new religions and abandon their older beliefs. Instead, they combined their older beliefs with the teachings of their new religions. Example, rulers of maritime SEA kingdoms no longer saw themselves as gods but the continued to use emblems of kingship,which were usually used by divine Hindu kings although they had converted to Islam.

Today, these religions continue to shape the lives of people in SEA. Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia consist more Muslims while Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar consist more Buddhists.

How did Hinduism spread to SEA?

Hindu priests from India were invited to the courts of ancient SEA rulers to teach Indian culture.This was because India was one of the most advanced civilisations so SEA kings wanted to learn from the Indians. This is how Hinduism spread to SEA.

How did Buddhism spread to SEA?

Buddhism was spread by Indian and Chinese traders as well as the Buddhist missionaries who travelled with them.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

What was the result of this interaction? (Ex.Bk)

The trading between the Aryans and Mesopotamia people had helped the Mesopotamia people to communicate with each other through Indus seals and weights.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Shang Dynasty
What happened in 1150 BCE?

The Shang's king died,he committed suicide, because of a lost in a war with the Zhou people. Since there is no other king that is from the same dynasty to replace him, the civilisation ended.

Evidence from source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_dynasty

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Shang Dynasty

Religion

They worshipped a figure called 'Shang Ti' or 'Lord on high'. This supreme god ruled over lesser gods of moon,rain,wind,sun and other natural forces and places. The Shang also believed that their ancestors dwelled in heaven after their death and continued to show an interest in their family and descendants. Failing in one's duties to the ancestors could bring all sorts of disaster on a family. All these divine and semi-divine figures, from Shang-Ti to a family's ancestors were sacrifices to. It is highly likely that Shang-Ti was the 'local god' of the Shang kings who was subsequently elevated in order to elevate the Shang themselves. Shang sacrifice involved humans, slaves, prisoners of war were sacrificed by the hundreds when a king died. Lesser numbers were sacrificed at the founding of a palace or temple.

I am unable to upload a photo as evidence.. I have the photo at this website :

http://sg.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fsg.images.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DThe%2Bshang%2Breligion%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-101&w=450&h=600&imgurl=www.eriding.net%2Fmedia%2Fphotos%2Fgeography%2Fchina%2FShanghai%2F051109_rfoster_mp_geo_china_shang100.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eriding.net%2Fmedia%2Fbuddhism.shtml&size=283k&name=051109+rfoster+m...&p=The+shang+religion&oid=4e2d516e9a13bdea&fr2=&no=9&tt=56&sigr=11bkrih2e&sigi=12u6ouav9&sigb=12q10jlai

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

What happened c. 1500 BCE?

Archaeologist says that floods could have caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilisation and these floods would have destroyed the irrigation systems that people depended on for their farming. Other people thinks that the flood might have bred mosquitoes which led to outbreaks of malaria. Plus, the decline was almost certainly speeded up by the invasion of the Indus Valley by a group of Aryans. The Indus Valley Civilisation ends like that. This evidence was written in a textbook, secondary source.

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Writings

photo taken from:
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

This picture shown above is one of the evidence of artifacts found which would indicate that people of the Indus Valley Civilisation had a system of communication. Most probably, this ancient writing was the way to communicate with one other.

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