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“Chuck Norris ordered a Big Mac at Burger King…and got one.”
Chuck Norris Fact:
Thoughts on an Empire• Empires are large and
often control territories with different cultures
• Empires often produce amazing advancements
• Empires rely on a strong central government
• Empires are hard to maintain, especially as they grow larger
• Empires require the citizens to put allegiance above all else, which is very hard to do
Ride’r til she bucks!
Eastern EmpiresIndia & China
Map of the East
Indian Empires• Aryan Empire
• The Caste System & Hinduism to India
• Era ended by Alexander the Great• Mauryan Empire
• Spread Buddhism• Improved Roads• Built hospitals• Encouraged learning
• Gupta Empire• Increased Trade• Supported Art & Literature• Advances in Math, Science,
Astronomy, Medicine• Known as the Golden Age of Hindu
Culture• Era ended by the Huns
I’m Awesome! They don’t call
me “the Average” for a
reason.
Gifts of the Indian Empires• Hindusim
• Buddhism• Concept of Zero• Infinity• Decimal System• Earth was NOT Flat• Solar Year• Setting Bones• Skin Grafts
Hinduism• Provides a roadmap
for life• Upanishads & Bhagavad-
Gita
• Religion that combines polytheism and monotheism
• Belief in reincarnation• Karma
• Both the Ganges River & Cows are sacred
Pie!
I hate green
Check out my tats!
Buddhism• Religion based on the life
of Siddhartha Gautama• Belief in self-denial,
meditation & reincarnation
• No single supreme being or holy book
• Buddhists follow the Four Noble Truths & the Eightfold Path
• Buddhists are in search of Nirvana
I’m Huge!
Chinese Dynasties• Shang
• First Dynasty, establishes tradition
• Zhou• Establishes Feudalism• Builds Empire• Confucius & Lao-Tzu
• Qin • First Emperor of China• Built Roads & Canals• Uniform Systems – Weights &
Measures• Great Wall of China• Terra Cotta Warriors
• Han• Invented Paper• Civil Service Exams• Creation of the Silk Roads• Confucianism Grows• Women take a lesser role
Confucius & Other Philosophies
• Confucius lived during the end of the Zhou Dynasty• Wrote about relationships
& social order• Ideas were the basis for
many aspects of Chinese culture
• Lao-Tsu wrote about Daoism and the natural order of life, using nature as an example
• Yin-Yang helped to explain the natural order of Life
• Buddhism entered Chinese culture and became very popular
Its all about
respect!
Moment of Zen