Eastern Civilization

This is a resource page for a course on Eastern Civilization.

Note: All maps below can be expanded by clicking on them

Geography of Asia






Prehistory

 * Prehistory :History before writing existed

Early man
Homo erectus appears in Africa 3 million years before present (YBP)

Homo erectus appears in Asia 1-1.5 million YBP

Homo sapiens appears in Africa 120,000 YBP

Homo sapiens moves out of Africa into Asia 70,000-50,000 YBP

Ages

 * Stone Age
 * Paleolithic
 * Neolithic
 * Bronze Age
 * Iron Age

List of Paleolithic sites in China

Map of Neolithic China

Timeline of Chinese History
Timeline of Chinese history

Shang Dynasty


Gallery of art works from Shang Dynasty (see also other photos on same page) -- Notice the sophistication of the bronze works.

Zhou Dynasty
Confucian Analects from Project Gutenberg

Qin Dynasty
For a very realistic view of the army look at THIS (hint: moving your mouse around changes the viewpoint)

For more pictures see this Gallery

Vedas

 * Rig Veda (oldest)
 * Yajurveda
 * Sama-Veda
 * Atharva-Veda

for descriptions see here

Long article on Indian caste system

Central Asia and Mongols