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The Silk Road was a network of trade routes through Asia caravan trading used the Silk Road

Differences: India's upper class were richer than China's upper classes Indian merchants played a greater role in society than their chinse counterparts there was a more international trade in India

Social: China - many immediate families lived together most marriages were arranged women were expected to obey their husband fathers and even sons when they were growing up there were three main social groups aristocracy and the educated beurocrats were the top, laborers were the middle, and people who had no useful skills of trades made the bottom each son received an egaul point of the property

India: women were supposed to worship their husbands like a god, however it was not always followed it was mainly a theory arranged marriages, womens rights were becoming more and more limited as time went on in families small children were spoiled in hopes that they would get a good job so they could help to support their families when they got older indian peasants were not as restricted and poor like those in other countries indians practied hierarchy and male supremecy

Social Comparisons: religious groups were not as prominent in Classical China: philospohies like confucianism played a major role in china's society rich could only marry rich and poor could marry poor in India china did not matter The indian system was more rigid and other wordly than china. they looked at things mathematically china was known to india as mean people and china referred to iindia as the untoouchables

Conclusion: china and india used caste sysyems to determine social statuses.

India has 5 levels in Cast System 1.) Brahmins 2.) Warriers 3 .) Skilled merchants 4.) ordinary workers 5.) untouchables

China: intellectuals/aristocrats skilled farmers and merchants unskilled merchants

china you can move up or down in marriage india cannot unless you die and be recarnated into a higher caste.

Politics: Han china focused on politics which is one reason why they had such a powerful country and stronger than india

similarities: china and india both had aristocrats and had enough power to decide on major issues china used legalism as a philospohy to rule by force india did not used legalism but still used force similar tax system which greatly taxed on agriculture

Differences India did not have a centralized governaments but China did India didnt have a set gvt but ruled different regions ruled by regionalism indias focus was ruling by religion and social classes

India did not have a uniform code law china had set laws china was united through languae there was only one set language mandarinNotes 9-23 on Presentations