collapse of traditional values the elite bad harvests dependence on slave labor poverty gap, especially with regards to land use of non-Romans in the army ownership inability to effectively rule large empire decline in morality cessation of inflow of resources due to cessation of wars of conquest Shared Characteristics regional leaders gained more at the weak emperors, deflection of power to military expense of the power of the Gupta rulers leaders Gupta traditional values persisted decline in trade taxes overburden peasants population decline/epidemic diseases bad harvests poverty gap, especially with regards to land ownership decline in morality Why you should know this: You will be to identify specific reasons for the collapse of classical civilizations, and you may be asked to compare the collapse of classical civilizations in an essay. Additionally, you could be asked to analyze changes in classical civilizations, so you would need to know about the development of these civilizations as well as their decline. Example: The declining years of Han China and the shared all of the following EXCEPT a decline in morality epidemic disease assimilation of invading peoples into imperial culture unequal land distribution decline in trade If you know the shared characteristics of classical civilizations in decline, you would know that the only characteristic not shared by both is answer choice (c). 12. The Aftermath of the Fall of Classical Civilizations It will be important for you to understand how these civilizations transitioned from classical times to Medieval times. Han Gupta Daoism and Buddhism small landowners forced to sell to large landowners Invaders from landowners became increasingly self-sufficient, leading to a gain popularity central steppes decline in trade, which led to a decline in urban populations Invasions from nomads from ~500 CE to Conflict with Christian minority (Hsiung-nu) ~600 established second capital at () and converted to Christianity political decentralization
bad harvests poverty gap, especially with regards to land ownership decline in morality Shared Characteristics weak emperors, deflection of power to military leaders decline in trade taxes overburden peasants population decline/epidemic diseases bad harvests poverty gap, especially with regards to land ownership decline in morality collapse of traditional values the elite dependence on slave labor use of non-Romans in the army inability to effectively rule large empire cessation of inflow of resources due to cessation of wars of conquest Gupta regional leaders gained more at the expense of the power of the Gupta rulers traditional values persisted Why you should know this: You will be to identify specific reasons for the collapse of classical civilizations, and you may be asked to compare the collapse of classical civilizations in an essay. Additionally, you could be asked to analyze changes in classical civilizations, so you would need to know about the development of these civilizations as well as their decline. Example: The declining years of Han China and the shared all of the following EXCEPT a decline in morality epidemic disease assimilation of invading peoples into imperial culture unequal land distribution decline in trade If you know the shared characteristics of classical civilizations in decline, you would know that the only characteristic not shared by both is answer choice (c). 12. The Aftermath of the Fall of Classical Civilizations It will be important for you to understand how these civilizations transitioned from classical times to Medieval times. Han Gupta Daoism and Buddhism gain popularity Invasions from nomads (Hsiung-nu) political decentralization small landowners forced to sell to large landowners landowners became increasingly self-sufficient, leading to a decline in trade, which led to a decline in urban populations Conflict with Christian minority established second capital at () and converted to Christianity Invaders from central steppes from ~500 CE to ~600
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