MMW 12 Chapter Notes - Chapter 343-344, 350-352: Medieval India, Sugarcane, Suicide
1 Feb 2017
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Mmw 12 textbook notes ahows 343-344, 350-352: india, islam, and the development of regional cultures, 300-1,400. India, islam, and the development of regional cultures. After mauryan empire fell, india divided into several kingdoms. Turkish nomads brought culture and islam to india. Modeled after mauryan empire: emperor also named chandragupta. Monopolies on metal and salt: chinese. Labor service for construction of roads, wells, irrigation. Governors ruled faraway lands, and gave ruler hereditarily. Vassal states in very far away areas. Kings appreciated and encouraged culture: poetry flourished. Math: arabic numerals, place-value notation system. Local institutions/government more involved in the lives of the people than the state government was: craft guilds, local councils, local castes. Agriculture and villages: animal labor, cereal crops, sugarcane, livestock raising. Not used for meat, used for milk and labor and such. Families lived on the floors above their shops: eating of beef taboo for hindus. 1st millennium ce caste system stabilized: jati: castes.
