HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deodorant, Transcendental Philosophy, Zhou Dynasty

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Dr.Sergei Zhuk

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2500-1500: the first civilization in the valley of indus: 1400-1000: arya(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:448)asio(cid:374) i(cid:374) i(cid:374)dia a(cid:374)d ira(cid:374). The e(cid:374)d of (cid:862)the i(cid:374)dus (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374)(cid:863: tradition of the vedas. Sanskrit as a sacred language of the aryans: doctri(cid:374)e of rei(cid:374)(cid:272)ar(cid:374)atio(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:862)var(cid:374)a(cid:863)(cid:895, establishment of caste system in india: the brahmans who prayed the kshatriyas who fought the vaisyas who worked the sudras who performed unclean tasks. Emphasis on self-discipline, meditation, asceticism and withdrawal from the ordinary concerns of daily life. 800-600: hinduism as a merger of vedic and upanishadic traditions. 600-500: radicalization of upanishadic traditions, prophet mahavira and jainism, pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e gauta(cid:373)a (cid:862)buddha(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:862)e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)ed(cid:863)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the (cid:271)irth of buddhis(cid:373). A(cid:374) achievement of nirvana by personal annihilation and escape from the cycle of rebirth as a goal of buddhism. 628-551: persian prophet zarathustra (zoroaster in greek). Gathas among indo-iranians ***: notion of religious dualism as a struggle (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:862)good(cid:863) ahura mazda a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:271)ad(cid:863) ari(cid:373)a(cid:374) 500-400: the spread of zoroastrianism in the persian empire and western india.