India's+Beginnings


 * INDIA**


 * Social Structure**
 * It was a caste system once the Aryans took over.
 * Nobles were the highest class
 * The second class was the warriors and the Brahmins or priests
 * The third class was the Vaishya
 * Finally there were the Untouchables, the lowest class


 * Trade and Economy**
 * It was based on agriculture
 * Traded with people from near and far


 * Religion**
 * Came about so people could explain things they didn't understand.
 * Hinduism is a polytheistic religion, with an infinite number of gods. Karma was the belief that good things happened to people because of good deeds and bad things happened because of misdeeds. They also believed in reincarnation which is the belief that after you die you are reborn as another person.
 * Buddhism was a godless religion, but had many of the same beliefs as Hinduism, such as karma and reincarnation.


 * Writing and Literacy**
 * Pictograms
 * No real decipherable language


 * Law and Government**
 * Theocracy at first
 * Aryans take over, initiate caste system and centralized authority
 * Patriarchal type of system

Geography and climate influenced the people's ability to build in certain places or plant certain crops, which in turn could affect their trade or power.