600 1600 Gupta Empire collapses by 600 CE After the collapse India divided by regional states Harsha Vardhana r 606646 united northern states during his reign He was a Buddhist ID: 613592
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India and China
600 – 1600 Slide2Slide3
Gupta Empire collapses by 600 CESlide4Slide5
After the collapse . . .India divided by regional states.Harsha Vardhana (r. 606–646) united northern states during his reignHe was a Buddhist
Chola Southern India 300’s BCE – c. 1300 CEImportant trading state Slide6
Axumite
EmpireEgypt
Persia
Japan
Korea
China
Khmer Empire
Srivijaya
CholaSlide7
SPICE PROPERTIES
PEPPERThe most widely used spice, then and now.
GINGER
Digestive
Carminative
Stimulant
Counteract anemia
and liver complaints; to
Ward
off colds
.
CINNAMON
A stimulant
Carminative
Astringent
Some
reputed qualities as a food preservative.
CLOVES
DigestiveStimulantLocal anesthetic (e.g., toothaches) CARDAMOMDigestive Counteract bad breathHeadachesFeversColds Slide8
SPICE PROPERTIES
CUMIN Digestive
ANISE
Digestive
NUTMEG & MACE
Digestive
Carminative
Stimulant
Cure
for colic
SAFFRON
Stimulant
Cure
for
headaches
Heart palpitations
Fainting fits
DropsyGastric ulcers Slide9
Vijayanagara EmpireEmerges in early 1300’sTraditional Hindu god-kings who ruled over vassal states.Kingdom lasted until the arrival of gunpowder weapons in 1564.
Portuguese reach India in 1499Slide10Slide11
Northern IndiaSultan Mahmud of Ghazna created an empire from Iran to India, 997–1030.Muslim raids very disruptive, unlike traditional warfare between Hindu states.Violence and looting was accompanied by destruction of temples, and
enforcingSharia and a non-Muslim head tax in conquered areas.Muhammad of Ghur (1150-1206)Invaded India in 1192Conquered the remnants of Gazna’s
empire
Created
a Muslim state at Delhi
.Slide12
Muhammad’s state soon replaced by Turkic Delhi Sultanate.Delhi Sultanate lasted from 1206 to 1526.Held off the Mongol invasions that destroyed the Abbasid Caliphate in 1258."Other monarchs may have one son, or two sons; I have thousands of sons, my Turkish slaves who will be the heirs of my
dominions . . .”Slide13Slide14
Delhi Sultanate held off the Mongol invasion in 1258Slide15
Genghis Khan
(c. 1162 – 1267)Ögedei KhanGüyük KhanMöngke KhanKublai Khan (1215 – 1294) Slide16
Balban seized power from 1265 to 1287.Followed by years of court intrigue and succession struggles.In 1320 the Tughlug Dynasty took over until weakened by Timur (Tamerlane).Slide17
Timur “the Lame” (Tamerlane) - (1336 – 1405) Sought to re-establish the Mongol Empire.His campaigns killed 17,000,000 people.Corresponded with Charles VI of France.Exchanged ambassadors with Henry II of Castile.Slide18Slide19Slide20
Inscription on Timur’s tomb:"When I rise from the dead, the world shall tremble." Tomb opened in 1941.Inscription inside the casket:
"Who ever opens my tomb, shall unleash an invader more terrible than I.“Two days later Hitler invaded the Soviet Union.Slide21
Timur’s
tomb in
Samarkand, UzbekistanSlide22
Hindu / Muslim Coexistence Muslims adjusted to Hindu nudity and religious sexuality.Slide23
Some Hindu women adopted the veil.Slide24
SikhismIn the 1400’s Hindu and Muslim mysticism merged in a new religion.Founded by Nanak.Stresses direct emotional experience of the divine.Opposed by both Hindus and Muslims.Slide25
Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539) God as not wholly unknowable. God is omnipresentGod is visible everywhere to the spiritually awakenedGod must be seen from "the inward eye", or the heart.Mediation leads toward enlightenment. God has no gender and is without formThere are many worlds on which God has created life.Slide26
Golden Temple, AmritsarSlide27
The 5
th largest organized religion in the world.