DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM C

LEARNING OBJECTIVES • EXPLAIN HOW THE VARIOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES OF SOUTH AND

REMINDER • WE’VE LEARNED A LITTLE ABOUT SOUTH ASIA IN OUR DISCUSSION OF ISLAM

SOUTH ASIA HEY KIDS, SOUTH ASIA BASICALLY MEANS INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, AND SRI LANKA.

HINDUISM • TEXTS • VEDAS, UPANISHADS, RAMAYANA, AND THE BHAGAVAD-GITA • POLYTHEISTISH • BELIEFS

THE CASTE SYSTEM • MOST RIGID SOCIAL STRUCTURE • NO SOCIAL MOBILITY • VARNA

BELIEFS AND PRACTICES RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

BHAKTI MOVEMENT • EMERGED FROM SOUTHERN INDIA • STRESSED A PERSONAL DEVOTION TO GOD,

SUFISM • MYSTICAL BRANCH OF ISLAM • SPREAD ISLAM THROUGH MISSIONARY ACTIVITY • EMPHASIZED

BUDDHIST MONASTICISM • EARLIEST FORM OF MONASTICISM • MONASTERIES, MONKS, NUNS • SPREAD BUDDHISM

SOUTH ASIAN KINGDOMS • VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE • RAJPUT KINGDOMS • SINHALA DYNASTIES

SOUTHEAST ASIAN KINGDOMS • SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE • KHMER EMPIRE • MAJAPAHIT • SUKHOTHAI KINGDOM

GROUP RESEARCH YOU WILL EACH BE ASSIGNED A HINDU/BUDDHIST KINGDOM BE PREPARED TO PRESENT

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DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM C. 1200 TO C. 1450

LEARNING OBJECTIVES • EXPLAIN HOW THE VARIOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AFFECTED SOCIETY OVER TIME. • EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY VARIOUS STATES OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED POWER OVER TIME.

SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN STATES

REMINDER • WE’VE LEARNED A LITTLE ABOUT SOUTH ASIA IN OUR DISCUSSION OF ISLAM

SOUTH ASIA HEY KIDS, SOUTH ASIA BASICALLY MEANS INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, AND SRI LANKA. ALSO, PROBABLY NEPAL. MAYBE AFGHANISTAN. IT GETS COMPLICATED.

GEOGRAPHY

CRASH COURSE

HINDUISM • TEXTS • VEDAS, UPANISHADS, RAMAYANA, AND THE BHAGAVAD-GITA • POLYTHEISTISH • BELIEFS • ATMAN • BRAHMAN • KARMA, DHARMA, REINCARNATION • MOKSHA

THE CASTE SYSTEM • MOST RIGID SOCIAL STRUCTURE • NO SOCIAL MOBILITY • VARNA AND JATI • REINFORCED BY HINDUISM AND REINCARNATION • KEEPS INDIA DECENTRALIZED,

BELIEFS AND PRACTICES RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

BHAKTI MOVEMENT • EMERGED FROM SOUTHERN INDIA • STRESSED A PERSONAL DEVOTION TO GOD, ONE SUPREME DEITY SUCH AS VISHNU OR SHIVA • APPEALED TO LOW CASTE AND WOMEN • NON-DISCRIMINATORY, OPENMINDED • USED LOCAL LANGUAGES

SUFISM • MYSTICAL BRANCH OF ISLAM • SPREAD ISLAM THROUGH MISSIONARY ACTIVITY • EMPHASIZED A PERSONAL DEVOTION • USE OF MEDITATION • CHANTING, DANCING, PRAYING

BUDDHIST MONASTICISM • EARLIEST FORM OF MONASTICISM • MONASTERIES, MONKS, NUNS • SPREAD BUDDHISM • PROVIDED SOCIAL PROGRAMS • EDUCATION, ORPHANAGES, FOOD, HOSPICE

SOUTH ASIAN KINGDOMS • VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE • RAJPUT KINGDOMS • SINHALA DYNASTIES

SOUTHEAST ASIAN KINGDOMS • SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE • KHMER EMPIRE • MAJAPAHIT • SUKHOTHAI KINGDOM

DIVIDED BY RELIGION

GROUP RESEARCH YOU WILL EACH BE ASSIGNED A HINDU/BUDDHIST KINGDOM BE PREPARED TO PRESENT ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY VARIOUS STATES OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED POWER OVER TIME EXPLAIN HOW THE VARIOUS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AFFECTED SOCIETY OVER TIME.