★ social studies — s/easia contributions

• East and Southeast Asian contributions to civilization


  • Influenced by social norms, morals and customs
  • Good is rewarded, evil is punished
  • Loyalty to the king, piety, respect, friendship, and chastity for women are stressed
• Southeast Asian Arts


  • Mixture of realism and fantasy
  • Happy acceptance of life
• Major cultural areas in East Asia


  • China
  • Japan
  • Korea
• Tale of Genji


  World's first novel (Japan)
• Beliefs that influenced Traditional EASIA LITerature

  • Confucionism
  • Buddhism
  • Shamanism
  • Daoism
  • Taoism
• Traditional EASIA LITerature


  • Portrayed love for nature
  • Guided by social norms
  • Emphasizing rewarding good and punishing evil
• Book of Odes


  Earliest Chinese poetry, comprising over 300 songs collected from rural folks and reprised by scholars
• Analects of Confucius


  Fundamental Confucian text
• Tao, Ching


  Fundamental Taoist text, inspires love for nature
• Hua Mulan


  • Woman disguises as a soldier for her father, adapted into various forms
• Tale of Genji


  First novel, depicts love and conflicts at Japanese court
• Pillow Book


  Essay on life, love, and leisure in the emperor's court
• I Ching


  Book of changes, by Confucius
• Kojiki


  • Records of Ancient Matters, history of Japan
• Man'yoshu


  Earliest collection of over 4,500 Tanka, covering themes of friendship, love, fighting, and farming
• Hung Lou Meng


  Dream of the red chamber, depicts the decline of a noble house after losing an emperor's favor, China's most famous novel
• The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected Asia with Europe.
• Chinese inventions include paper money, gunpowder, printing press, compasses, silk production, and the Great Wall.
• The Chinese invented paper money, gunpowder, printing press, compasses, silk production, tea culture, and the Great Wall.
• Gunpowder - Invented by the Chinese during the Han dynasty around 300 AD, it revolutionized warfare and led to the development of firearms.
• Indian inventions include cotton textiles, diamond mining, surgical tools, and the decimal system.
• Indian inventions include zero (the first digit), chess, yoga, Ayurveda medicine, and the world's oldest university at Nalanda.
• Paper Money - The first known use of paper currency dates back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) in China.
• India is known as the "Land of Spices" due to its rich spice industry.
• India is known as the land of spices due to its rich agricultural resources such as rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, jute, indigo, tobacco, opium, and rubber.
• Japanese inventions include origami, kimono, samurai swords, calligraphy brushes, and traditional Japanese music instruments like shamisen and taiko drums.
• Zero is considered one of India's most significant contributions to mathematics.
• Zero is considered one of India's most significant contributions to mathematics.
• Zero is considered one of India's most significant contributions to mathematics.
• Cotton Textile - India is known as the birthplace of cotton textiles, which have been produced there since prehistoric times.
• Cotton Textile - India is known as the birthplace of cotton textiles, which have been produced there since prehistoric times.
• Cotton Textile - India is known as the birthplace of cotton textiles, which have been produced there since prehistoric times.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Cotton textiles were produced in India as early as 2500 BC.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Printing Press - Developed by Bi Sheng in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it allowed for mass production of books and spread knowledge more widely.
• Surgical Tools - Indian surgeons developed advanced surgical techniques using specialized instruments such as scalpels, forceps, and catheters.