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The History of the World Pt 1
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TEACHERS: Mr. Nicky is booking his 2024-25 virtual assemblies and online history songwriting lessons! These programs (via Zoom/Google Meet/etc.) meet state learning standards in both social studies and ELA, and they’re tons of fun. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] for full information. (Students will not receive a response, but thank you for your support!) • LYRICS BELOW - • Here's the MERCH! : https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-nick... • • Thanks to all who requested an ancient India song to Ms. Rossano's student who suggested Drake at the January 2016 assembly :-) • Ancient India by Mr. Nicky • To the tune of Hotline Bling by Drake • Backing track property of Karaoke Version/Tency Music. • Harappa and Mohenjo- . . . . • Mohenjo-Daro. . . yeah • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro • long ago in the Indus • had streets of brick and manholes • with citadels and big bath tubs • Their workmanship was specialized • their measurements were so precise • from their projects we surmise • their government was centralized • and they must have had some surplus food • Harvesting some grain and some bananas • twice a year though flooding made it dangerous • waters flow down from the Himalayas • to the Indus plain and moving through • Spreading fertile silt more than the Nile does • It's the mighty river of the Indus • Both those rivers spread out into deltas • And flow down like the Aryan people • Migrated through the Hindu Kush • Herding sheep and cattle • Singing songs of the Vedas • Those are the Books of Knowledge • in the language of Sanskrit • They show the Hindus how to live • So when you're reincarnated, • if your karma's good, then maybe you, you, you'd • Move up higher in the caste system • Follow your dharma and don't do what's wrong • you'd be an outcaste and you wouldn't belong • Ganesh, Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu • So many deities, there's Krishna • Read his words in the Bhagavad Gita • Hindu culture's spread way beyond India • Up to the Kingdom of Kosala • where Siddharta Gautama • Gave his princely wealth up • Wisdom made him the Buddha • He sought to end suffering • Buddhist monks are following • The Eightfold Path representing • a Middle Way of Living • The 4 Noble Truths • say life is filled with suffering caused by wanting, so end your wants • Buddha's the Awakened One, his teaching spread through Asia • Inspiring Ashoka to be tolerant and build stupas • He was the grandson of • Chandragupta Maurya • Roads • connected the Mauryan people • one ran from the capital • to Taxila, made taxing easier • and so Ashoka was able • yeah, to conquer quite a bit • of the subcontinent • More terrority than the Guptas • though they gave us the zero • plays from Kalidasa • and our Arabic numerals • Look at the Ajanta caves • Guptas brought a Golden Age • Architecture, art and trade • science, math and tributes paid • Made them great, but Huns invaded
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