While reading about ancient Indian history, I found that the two most applicable themes were "For want of a nail (techological effects on history)"as well as "Religion and History". While others had chosen very similar themes, I decided to do a little research to find other contributions to the overall development of India. I then broke it down into two levels (one being more physical and the other being spiritual). Both had become very important to the early development of the Indian Civilization.
"For want of a nail (technology)" really displays itself throughout Indian history. The Indo- Europeans known as the Aryans had conquered over the ancient Harrapan Indian natives through technology. They had learned iron weapon smithing from the Hitties of Anatolia. They also were believed to be the people that introduced the domestication of wild horses in the Asian steppes. In Von Sievers book, Patterns of World History, it explains " around 1000 BCE various Indo-European-descended groups, most prominently the Hittites, brought the techniques of Iron making out of Anatolia, ultimately taking them as far as the western reaches of the Yellow-River basin"(Von sievers, 82). Not only did they introduce better physical tools, but had also brought different languages that became enchanced communication tools for the natives there. "... Greek, the Slavic languages, Celtic languages such as Gaelic, and what became the Indian literary language, Sanscrit" (Von Sievers, 82). The technology that was introduced helped turn the tides in the future battles with Alexander the Great, who had attempted to conquer india before the Mauryan period. "In this passage, he has just returned to Persia in 324 BCE from his expedition to India, where his exhausted soldiers had forced him to turn back because they wanted to return home." (Lualdi, The making of the West p.80). The introduction of iron tools such as plows helped prepare the land and really boosted agricultural development which had influenced India's "second urbanization"( Von Sievers, 85).
"Religion and History" is a later theme that happens around 322 BCE-185BCE. At the time, Chandragupta first siezed power of ruling the Nanda's. He was accompanied by the philosopher Kautilya, who created the "most influential treatise in Indian history" (pg. 240, Von Sievers).
Natives have a long, and rich history dating back over 25 thousand years. From the Klamath tribe in the north, to the Mojave tribe in the southern desert, everywhere the eye turns, there are years worth of stories and past life. The simple life of the California Indian can be studied and appreciated everywhere from the Great California Valley to the southern Peninsula areas. Because of DNA evidence that shows a direct link, Historians believe that the California Indians are direct descendants of…
Lexie Carpenter 2nd hour APUSH Chapter 5&6 Short Answer 1.The French and Indian war was between England and France for the colonization of the Ohio Valley. There were countless tribes involved in this war. Many of which were Indian tribes because their land was being taken over, so they were going to fight for it. Two tribes involved were the Shawnee and Sandusky and both were on the French side. This war ended in 1763 and it led to signing the Treaty of Paris. However, this war led to the Revolutionary…
From the Indian History Sourcebook www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiabook.html François Bernier: An Account of India and the Great Moghul, 1655 CE He who reigned there was called Chah-Jehan [i.e., Shah Jahan], ---that is to say, king of the world; who, according to the history of that country, was son of Jehan-Guyre [i.e., Jahangir], which signifies conqueror of the world; grandchild to Ekbar [i.e., Akbar], which is great; and thus ascending by Houmayons, or the fortunate, father of Ekbar…
named as California. North American and European peoples are living in this ice age, they need to find warm area, at this time California is the best warm area. That’s why lot of north American European are moved in to California. In 30,000 BCE –history saying at this time first human settled in California. American scientists also believe that, large portion of humans came from Asia followed by the big animals group from south America. Lots of native peoples are formed in California…
establishing its governments in the late nineteenth century. The two selections I have chosen to analyze describe the opinions of two specific groups of these outsiders, the Chinese and the American Native Indian known as the Nez Perce’. The most important thing I learned from these readings about the history of this country and how it became what it is today is that there was a consistent vein of bloodshed and racism against anyone who was not “white” and a representative of the United States, regardless…
East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. Throughout history several scholars have attempted to revamp the historical significance of how America arose. Daniel F. Richter is a leading historian as well as a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Director of its McNeil Center for Early American Studies. Professor Richter’s changed the view of how Native American’s became an imperative fact within history. The…
their tribes and land. Each European Nation dealt with Indians in different manners some more hostile than others. However, each nation had the same intentions, which was to colonize in the New World. Immediate desire for land and gold was the only motivation Spain and Portugal needed to disrupt Indian land. After rumors of rich mines in the Rio Grande reached Mexico the expeditions began (Out of Many: History of the American People 49). Indians were open to the arrival of newcomers they received the…
Mitchell Askew History 120 Wednesday’s 6:30-9:15 Chapter 9 4/16/2014 The trail of tears was a horrible part of American history. “The forcible removal and transport in 1838 to 1839 of thousands of Cherokees from their ancestral homeland in the southern uplands.”(the way we lived, 156) “At the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida–land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated…
the Unites States’ history, a very overlooked but very important part of the slavery revolved around the Native American Indians that lived in the Americas during the time of the English coming to the Americas. Though there isn’t much documentation on the subject, it is well known that every European nation that colonized North America utilized Indian Slaves for construction, plantations and mining on the North American continent (Gilio-Whitaker, D, 2015). Native American Indians were unique when…
For Peace The book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown is an epic non-fiction expose`. It tells the plight of the American Indians during the time period between 1860 and 1890. Brown has put together a collection of first-hand accounts and numerous documents and pictures to convey the truth from the American Indians’ point of view. Brown is trying to prove that mostly, the American Indians as a whole wanted to live in peace and in harmony with the…