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Walker AP World History Ch 5 Reading Study Guide #1 P. 104-113

1. What body of water was vital to trade during the Classical Era? Why?

2. What striking similarities are found between Buddhism and Christianity?

3. How long did the Guptas (India) last after the Fall of Rome? What was their economic orientation?

4. What three big issues does Stearns identify as central to the fall of the Classical Civilizations?

5. Why were the activities of integration & expansion vital for all three of the Classical Civilizations?

Timeline P. 100

8. When did the Han Dynasty begin to decline? ______9. When did Rome begin to decline? ______

10. When did the Huns invade India? ______11. When did Rome officially “Fall”? ______

12. Identify each “seminal thinker” found in the major classical civilizations (550-400 BCE).

China: India: Mediterranean:

13. How did China attempt to integrate their territories and societies?

14. How did India attempt to integrate their territories and societies?

15. How did Greece/Rome attempt to integrate their territories and societies? (Particularly Roman Empire)

16. Briefly describe the rise of the Kingdom of Kush and its successors.

(Read Thinking Historically: Nomads & Cross-Civilization Contacts and Exchanges Pg. 108-109)

18. What other groups played roles as intermediaries between civilizations in early global history?

19. What features of the nomads' culture and society rendered them ideal agents for cultural diffusion?

20. Briefly describe the rise of early civilization in Japan.

21. Describe the advance of early civilizations in the Western Hemisphere.

22. What earlier Eastern Hemisphere civilizations can we compare the Western Hemisphere cultures?

23. What was Island migration of agricultural peoples to territories in the Pacific like? Pg. 112

23. Who were the Yellow Turbans and what was the outcome of their political program?

23. Why did China simply have a ‘revival’ of civilization under the Sui/Tang Dynasties unlike the case of Rome?

24. Who were the Rajput?

25. Why Hinduism progress at this time in India?

26. Why did the caste system remain important in India after the Classical Era? Pg. 113

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