Chapter 3 Section 1 Notes

I. Indo European Migration

A. Group of seminomadic

people from the Caucasus between

the Black and Caspian Seas

Black and Caspian Seas

1. Language of modern Europe

and Southern Asia

2. Aryans were one of the major groups

II. Hittites Blend Empire and

Technology ( 1650 B.C.)

A. Occupied Anatolia or current

day Turkey

Hittite Seal

B. Hattuas was capitol city

C. Conquered Babylonians

D. Own code of laws more forgiving than Hammurabi’s

E. War machine developed iron weapons used

chariots

Hittite Chariot

F. First treaty in history with Egyptians

III. Aryan Invaders Transform India

A. Aryans invade India

B. Sacred text, the Vedas

1. Collection of prayers

C. Rig Veda were hymns to Aryan

gods

1. Shiva was main god

D. Developed the Caste system

1. Grouping based on skin color

a. Aryans were light skin

b. Original Indians called Dasas or

Dravidianswere dark skinned

E. Mahabharata was India’s first

great Epic

1. About blending of Indian culture