Legalism sacred texts

This week, you are reading the sections in your book on Ancient India and Ancient China. I am giving you the choice this week between a SLO assignment on the Indo-Europeans, India, or one on China. You may do either using our established format. Also, a test will be released Friday and will be due by midnight Sunday 6/23. Once 3 days have passed from the due date, I will release the correct answers, but I will not do this before the third day after the due date. The test covers everything we have read or listened to this week.

Option A: I know some of you are interested in linguistics and the expansion of people outwards. In the chapter on India, we learn about the Aryo (Aryan) people, an Indo-European group whose periodic migrations brought the exchange of the Indo-European root language, horses, patriarchal systems, and iron technology to many regions, including India. If you pick this option, read a bit more about the Indo-Europeans using my links, then discuss the importance of these people and the consequences of their expansion. Please also respond to one other person as normal. This is a relatively new option I debuted last semester.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 Rig Veda? What can it tell us about the culture that eventually replaced the Harappan society? How would you describe the Aryans based on our cd text andtheVedas? How does the religious imagery in these hymns compare to what we read about in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and/or prehistoric religions (cave art/Venus period)? Remember to include any relevant information from our text book, podcasts, and websites. Respond to one of your