HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION Indus Valley Civilization Located on the
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HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION
Indus Valley Civilization ■ Located on the Indian subcontinent near the Indus and Ganges rivers
Monsoons ■ Monsoons: seasonal wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia that brings heavy rains in the summer and dry weather in the winter (unpredictable)
Harappan Civilization ■ The Indus Valley civilization aka. Harappan civilization: many archaeological discoveries made in the ancient city of Harappa ■ Harappan civilization is known for its city planning ■ Cities like Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were built using an organized grid system – Cities featured a citadel that contained major buildings – Buildings were constructed of oven-baked bricks cut in standard sizes – Sophisticated plumbing and sewage systems ■ What does the uniformity in city planning and construction suggest?
Harappan Achievements ■ Strong central government to help build organized and advanced cities ■ Used uniformly sized baked bricks for building ■ Developed sophisticated plumbing and sewage systems in their cities
Harappan Achievements ■ Language: the Indus Valley civilization also had a written language, but it cannot be translated ■ Culture: little evidence of a social class system ■ Religion: no temples, developed a religion that influenced the development of Hinduism ■ Trade: by land sea with other civilizations, including Mesopotamia. E. g.
Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization ■ Historians still disagree about exactly what led to the decline and end of the Indus Valley civilization ■ Aryan Invasion Theory: some historians argue that Indo. European nomads attacked and conquered Indus Valley settlements ■ Climate Change Theory: others argue that natural disasters changed the course of the Indus River which prevented cities from getting water and made farm land less fertile
Homework due Wed. 1/25 ■ 1. Complete the Early Civilizations chart for Ancient Egypt Civilization and Indus River Civilization ■ 2. Read textbook p. 50 -55 and answer questions#1 -8 in your notebook.
- Indus valley civilization
- Economy of indus civilization
- Vedic caste system
- Conclusion of harappan civilization
- Natural resources of indus valley civilization
- Ebers papyrus
- Mesopotamia technology
- Economy of indus valley civilization
- Indus valley civilization trade and economy
- Under 70
- The indus valley flourished from to bc
- Education in indus valley civilization