AP World History
NAME ____________________
DUE: Tuesday, October 7 (A)
Wednesday, October 8 (B)
SPICE Classical Empires Project
You must complete a SPICE chart for each of the following early societies and
dynasties in Chapter 4 and 5:
Harrapan
Aryan
Xia
Shang
Zhou
On your chart, you must have each of the following:
Society/Dynasty Name: __________
Beginning/Ending Dates of Existence: _____
Category Social
Specifics  Gender roles
 Social classes
 Social structures
Political
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Cultural
Economic
Types of government
How the empire was governed
Who had power in that society?
Relations with other empires
Political developments
How was religion used to strengthen
the state?
Trade routes
Trade goods
Friends and enemies
Technological exchanges
Major belief systems
Social structure; Gender roles
Language(s)
Customs
Foods
Trade patterns
What was traded?
How was trade done?
How did people make a living?
The bullets contained in the right-side are there to give students ideas about what kinds of
information to include in that chart for each theme.