These are the instructions my teacher gave me:

Thisweek, you are reading the sections in your book on Ancient India andAncient China. I am giving you the choice this week between a SLOassignment on the Indo-Europeans, India, or one on China. You may doeither using our established format. Also, a test will be releasedFriday and will be due by midnight Sunday 9/. 9/16. As with test one,you only get one attempt. Once 3 days have passed from the due date, Iwill release the correct answers, but I will not do this before thethird day after the due date. The test covers everything we have read orlistened to so far in the class.

Option A: I know some of youare interested in linguistics and the expansion of people outwards. Inthe chapter on India, we learn about the Aryo (Aryan) people, anIndo-European group whose periodic migrations brought the exchange ofthe Indo-European root language, horses, patriarchal systems, and irontechnology to many regions, including India. If you pick this option,read a bit more about the Indo-Europeans using my links, then discussthe importance of these people and the consequences of their expansion.Please also respond to one other person as normal. This is a relativelynew option I debuted last semester.

http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/Asi…

http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320hist&civ/chapters…

http://www.humanjourney.us/indoEurope.html

Option B: SLO Assignment on the religious culture of India. After reading and listening, visit the following web sites:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Read about the Rig Veda and browse through some (not all – just a small sample will do)of the hymns presented in this translation. What exactly is the RigVeda? What can it tell us about the culture that eventually replacedtheHarappan society? How would you describe the Aryans based on our cdtext andthe Vedas? How does the religious imagery in these hymns compareto what we read about in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and/or prehistoricreligions (cave art/Venus period)? Remember to include any relevantinformation from our text book, podcasts, and websites. Respond to oneof your fellow students. The following cc video may be of interest:

OptionC: SLO Assignment on Ancient China: During the period of the SevenWarring States at the end of the Zhou Dynasty [1027 – 256 BCE], Chinacontinued to prosper in spite of the intense fighting between theStates. Various Chinese philosophers offered different solutions as tohow to restore social and political order out of the chaos of the times.Using the information from our text, the quotes from Confucius,Lao-Tzu, and a Legalist scholar included at the end of this form, andyour knowledge, write an entry in which you:

• Identify anddiscuss the views of the three major schools of philosophy(Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism) of an ideal people and society andhow one might "construct" or achieve such an ideal.
• Explain how each major school of philosophy presented a different vision of the ideal ruler and person.
• • Quote from Confucius:“Lead the people with governmental measures and regulate them with lawsand punishment, and they will avoid wrongdoing but will have no senseof honor and shame. Lead them with virtue and regulate them by the rulesof propriety, and they will have a sense of shame and, moreover, setthemselves right.” [2:3] Chi K’ang asked Confucius about government,saying, “What do you think of killing the wicked and associating withthe good?” Confucius replied, “In your government what is the need ofkilling? If you desire what is good, the people will be good. Thecharacter of a ruler is like wind and that of the people is like grass.In whatever direction the wind blows, the grass always bends.” [12:19]Confucius said, “If a ruler sets himself right, he will be followedwithout his command. If he does not set himself right, even his commandswill not be obeyed.” [13:6] Excerpts from The Analects of Confucius. Don't forget to repond to 2 of your peers.
  • Lao-Tzu Quote: NOTexalting worth keeps the people from rivalry. Not prizing what is hardto procure keeps the people from theft. Not to show them what they maycovet is the way to keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the Sage,when he governs, empties their minds and fills their bellies, weakenstheir inclinations and strengthens their bones. His constant object isto keep the people without knowledge and without desire, or to preventthose who have knowledge from daring to act. He practises inaction, andnothing remains ungoverned.He who respects the State as his own personis fit to govern it. He who loves the State as his own body is fit to beentrusted with it.In the highest antiquity, the people did not knowthat they had rulers. In the next age they loved and praised them. Inthe next, they feared them. In the next, they despised them.How cautiousis the Sage, how sparing of his words! When his task is accomplishedand affairs are prosperous, the people all say: "We have come to be aswe are, naturally and ofourselves."(http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/salt/salt08.htm, July 26th,2015)Legalism Quote from Han Fei Tzu: When it comes towomen, the wise ruler may enjoy them, but should not be drawn into theirpleads or submit to their requests.When it comes to people who areclose to him, he enjoys them, but is sure to hold them responsible forwhat they say, and prevent them from expressing unasked foropinions.When it comes to uncles, brothers, and chief vassals, he shouldpunish them when their advice leads to failure, and promote them whentheir advice leads to success. He should not promote themerratically.When it comes to pleasures and the enjoyment of valuablegoods, he should have a staff tha handles these things, and prohibitanyone from having the freedom to control them. Otherwise, ministerswill be able to manipulate the sovereign by knowing his wants. When itcomes to favors, he should grant them at his own will to use emergencyresources and public storehouses, and benefit the people. A ministershould never be allowed to give based on his personal favorites.When itcomes to persuasions and discussions, he must observe and find outpeople who are considered skillful at something, and verify the lack ofskill in those who are considered bad. He should always avoid lettingministers talk to each other about them.The wise ruler institutes posts,offices, ranks, and bounties in order to offer a guarantee to promotethe worthy and encourage the excellent. …The sovereign promotes theworthy by examining their abilities, and gives them bounties based onwhat excellences they have. Thus, worthy people will not hide theirabilities in their service to the sovereign, and the excellent peopledelight in career promotion. And so, aims and advantages areachieved.…Placing too much value on minor advantages will impede majoradvantages.(Han Fei Tzu, http://www.rodneyohebsion.com/han-fei-tzu.htm,July 26, 2015)
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