LA 1201 Lecture : Notes Page 4
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In stages; no one made the whole route (west to east: red sea to indian coast, romans traded, spices, coins, reached to china. India became the 2nd sea trading nub: travelers and cultural exchange/conflict, monks from asia to india, herodotus travel all over and tell stories inhabited world , list of major cultural exchange/conflicts in the classical period, 1. ) Spread of hellenistic ideas after alexander the great"s conquest: 3. ) Export of buddhism to china and eastern asia begins along silk road: limited cultural contact, persia: the first classical empire, king of kings. Most people had few complaints of persia so far. Greece: only completely greek kingdom; more political power, greek rulers with non-greek families; greek influenced these societies and greek ideas become dominant, philosophers chanced work and money, hellenistic education. The classical civilizations of south asia: what is india, cultural developments; lots of different cultures, aryans invade which were of lighter color, the harappa"s and mohenjo-daro, geography.
