Theme Characteristics at Beginning of period Key Continuities Key Changes Characteristics at End of period Reasons for Change/Continuities 1. Human- Environ Interaction (Demography, disease, migration technology) world pop -100 mill • reliable food supply • agricultural diversity • writing systems • early, medicine • dependence on geog for raw materials • demand for raw materials & luxury goods • world pop -200 mill • environmental damage, deforestation, desertification, erosion) • cities/capitals served as centers of trade, & political activity • imperial gov’ts o environ damage (Han, Rome, Maurya, Gupta) • better medicine, architecture, metallurgy • road/transportation systems & routes • new technologies • (stirrup, saddle, yokes) domest pack animals • (camels, horses, oxen) longer migration & trade routes • 2. Culture (Religions, philosophies, Science, technology, art, architecture) writing, record keeping, literature • Religions: Vedic/ Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism • shamanism / animism • ancestor veneration • cities served as cultural centers, relig, politics • each empire had its own religion(s) (e.g. Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Judaism) •
Theme Characteristics at Beginning of period Key Continuities Key Changes Characteristics at End of period Reasons for Change/Continuities 1. Human- Environ Interaction (Demography, disease, migration technology) • world pop -100 mill • reliable food supply • agricultural diversity • writing systems • early, medicine • dependence on geog for raw materials • demand for raw materials & luxury goods • world pop -200 mill • environmental damage, deforestation, desertification, erosion) • cities/capitals served as centers of trade, & political activity • imperial gov’ts o environ damage (Han, Rome, Maurya, Gupta) • better medicine, architecture, metallurgy • road/transportation systems & routes • new technologies (stirrup, saddle, yokes) • domest pack animals (camels, horses, oxen) • longer migration & trade routes 2. Culture (Religions, philosophies, Science, technology, art, architecture) • writing, record keeping, literature • Religions: Vedic/ Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism • shamanism / animism • ancestor veneration • cities served as cultural centers, relig, politics • each empire had its own religion(s) (e.g. Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Judaism)
changeanalysischarts-6periodskey.docx