HISTORY 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Commercial Zone (Album), Srivijaya, Charter City
8 Mar 2016
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Outline -- the charter/classical states [start about 900 to 1300[establish the fundamental guidelines in which sea civilization later would operate notion of kingship, standard of art&beauty: distinguishing features (differ from pre-charter eras/ during indianization) Differ in 3 big respects (also many more grand monuments): much larger territories evolve. On mainland, chief states (ex pagan,angkor): numerous and grand stones temples. Sign of greater wealth (ex. angkor wat- world"s greatest religious monument) nothing like this during the times of indianization. (chief agency of social control: basic literary traditions that last for thousands of years. Most of eurasia experience tremendous growth (such as population and domestication of smallpox, trading activities/commercial exchange) Reasons for rise of charter states: rising commercial demand. More money to buy weapons, to build grand temple and monuments. Flourishing here corresponds with flourishing of surrounding areas: population and outputs increase. Growing immunity to smallpox as a result of trade. Climate of northern hemisphere get warmer, aid agriculture in the north (eurasia).
