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Focus:  Women in China Under steppe nomads women led less restrictive lives. Elite Chinese women in the Tang Dynasty participated in many social things Rapid economic growth tightened restrictions and restored early Han Dynasty submissiin and passivity Keep males and females separate in every domain of life Tang Dynasty 618-907 Women viewed as a distraction to men’s pursuit of a contemplative and introspective life Remarriage of widows were highly condemned  FOOT BINDING Tight wrapping if young girls feet usually breaking bones Elite families Female beauty Small,frial Mothers imposed this for their daughters for a higher chance of getting married  Became a source of pride Men too over weavinf textiles, especially silk. Which used to be the work of rural women Women opperated restaurants Sold fish, vegetables, worked as maids, cooks, and dressmakers Song Dynasty 906-1279 Song Dynasty there were more positives for women Property rights, inherit Educat...

600-1500 CE Most of the culture traditions from this time come from Confusianism and Daoism Values bravery, group loyalty, and hospitality  Mecca- became welathy by taxing local trade. Home to tribes/clans, outlaws, and exiles Muhammad Abdulla 570-632 CE Lost his parents when he was young- became a shephard for money. He married a widow and had 6 children. Quarns message through Muhammed Quarn demanded social justice Core message was the remembence of God Muhammed changed the society As islamic faith spreads, arabian empire is weakened by war and internal revolts 644 sassnid defeats the Arabs Muslims conquer spain in 700 Caliph- successor to muhammed 3/4th were assasinated Shia- party/branch of islam Shia saw themselves as a minority, sunnis established order. Shias revolt and that caused division in the islamic worlds.  Arabian empires, caliphs became arab chiefs

Different terrains produced different resources 500-1500-ERA Trade was important because people could trade for things they didn't have, like the africans imported salt. Trade started to alter the economics of societies Long distance trade allowed elites to separate themselves from commoners Transformed political life:Taxes  Trade became a way to spread religion, ideas, disease, animals Eurasia: Inner and Outer zones that had different enviornments Outer- better for agriculture and warmer, well watered Inner- drier climate, not good for agriculture Silk road was most popular when there were guards Chinese homes were where most of textile production, mostly women were the labor force The elite that had this fabric marked their status Silk from China and Cotton from India were in high demand in the Roman Empire Peasants gave up on growing food and focused on paper, porcelain and iron tools Greece was affected by a new deadly disease from Egypt that killed twenty fi...

This chapter was really interesting because it talked about the religous views of China and India. I thought it was interesting how different the treated women. I was expecting worse from the Chinese religions, but they actually let them go to school and participate in rituals. If they were high up enough, they woukd even let them chose their husbands! But in India it was COMPLETELY different. The women were harashly looked down upon. They said that women are seen as “unclean below the naval”. Thats pretty degrading to look at a gender that way. The women of India were to serve their husbands as a if they were gods. And if the husband dies, the women is subjected to someone else, and if not them then the next male. They are never to be alone, even in their youth! So gross! Indian women had it way harder than Chinese women in my opinion.

  The intro summarizes that the first civilizations were really impressive and powerful but at the same time, they were fragile because they could be taken over at any moment too. The new way of civilizations was what changed the human ways forever. We would never be able to go back to the earlier ways after learning how to settle down and live in one place. There was a long period of time where nothing changed with new civilizations. There were still Monarchs, women were still subordinate to men and there was a clear divide between the elite and everyone else. There were no new breakthroughs, they just kept living in cycles. Empire: states, political sytems of power. Civilizations: elements of common culture rather than a unified political system. Persia was an empire because there was a king. I thought it was interesting when the king died and the culture was to set sacred fires and shave your head. But there was a political system in place with tax colectors, administrato...

Summary: The document I read called, "Paneb, an Egyptian Troublemaker", started off with Paneb as a Egyptian boy who was adopted into a tomb making family. He had really intense fights with his adopted father, Neferhotep. He grew up and got married and had a very large family. He would often cheat on his wife. He would cheat with other married women, and was involved in rape. His son was involved too. Paneb was very controlling and made other people around him do everything for him like make his bed, feed his oxen, and weave his baskets that were for his own personal use. His long time rival, Amennakht, gathered up enough evidence to get him in trouble for all his crimes. Paneb then just vanished. Questions: Since most of the evidence against Paneb comes from his archrival, historians should not grant very much weight to this because he was against Paneb, therefore everything he is going to have to say about him is going to be completely biased. You can expect to get a ...