https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw The Golden Age en-us 2018-03-13 18:47:22 UTC 2018-03-14 19:33:40 UTC hello@padlet.com mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241576257 The way that the Gupta Empire ruled helped them stay in power for almost 230 years! These times were very peaceful and had lots of growth in arts and sciences. The result of this was a golden age that  have some of the greatest advancements in Indian history. A golden age is a period of great happiness and achievement.

*** = golden age explanation]]> 2018-03-13 18:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241576257 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241579886 The achievements of the Gupta’s universities were that they provided lots of different classes and topics such as; religion, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, sculpture, painting, music and dancing. There were a lot of choices. One of the most famous schools was Nalanda located in northern India. Hindu doctors were especially skilled at surgery.
***Related to the golden age because it was education and it helped make people smart.]]> 2018-03-13 18:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241579886 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241586460 Some achievements of Gupta literature was that it spread beyond India. Gupta writers created many kinds of literary works. They wrote poetry, fables, and folktales.
***Their literature influenced the cultures of other countries far away.]]> 2018-03-13 19:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241586460 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241597639 Some achievements of the Gupta painting is that they were known for their paintings. Also art was part of almost every family’s everyday life. But these were wealthy people of course. Poor people didn’t have enough money to afford paint pallets, paint, and a place to paint.
***This related to the golden age because the Gupta Empire had some famous paintings that were veiwed by many people.]]> 2018-03-13 19:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241597639 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241600380 The sculptures were another type of art. Sculptors created statues out of stone, wood, bronze, and terra-cotta clay. Some sculptures shows scenes out of important events in people’s lives. The sculptures shows/represents human forms. Some sculptures were carved into caves for people to see.
***This contributed to the “golden age” because they had very skilled carvers.]]> 2018-03-13 19:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/241600380 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242069124 Gupta kings controlled huge mines of gold, copper, and iron. They also had metal coins with all the rulers of the Gupta Empire printed on them. The coins symbolized the rulers wealth, art, politics, and war.
***Famous for their metalwork skills]]> 2018-03-14 19:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242069124 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242077874 Created a way to write the numbers 1-9 and they developed a decimal system.Hindu mathematicswere  the first to treat zero as a real number. Many calculations in math are impossible without the number zero.
***Thus contributes to the “golden age” because they created some math concepts we still use today.]]> 2018-03-14 19:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242077874 mg1931 https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242081229 They encouraged trade creating a system of well built roads that helped to prevent floods. There was a long but good process to building roads. They first cleared the roads of plants, trees, and rocks. Then any holes were filled in. Then they made the ground level. The roads were designed to be comfortable.
***This contributed to the “golden age” because trade was important in all parts of history.]]> 2018-03-14 19:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mg1931/b7exn45ayztw/wish/242081229