Issues for Discussion:                                                                     
Their methods of imperial administration.
The internal problems that led to their demise.
The external problems that led to their demise.
Similarities and difference in their collapse.

Resources:
AP Worldipedia 2.2
Your Textbook, CH 6, 158-161
Freeman-pedia
Decline of Han and Gupta

Issues for Discussion:
The networks of communication and exchange during the classical age.
Environmental and technological influence.
Items of exchange and their consequences.
Belief Systems: their patterns of diffusion and transformation.

Resources:
AP Worldipedia 2.3
Your Textbook, CH 8