The Indus Valley Civilization In 2300 B.C. the Indus Valley Civilization began developing itself into two large areas which ran along the river valleys of the Indus‚ Ravi and Sutlej. These river valleys were just below the Himalayan Mountains in what is now Pakistan and Northeast India. The Indus Valley Civilization was always under caution because of the unpredictable floods and the seasonal winds or monsoons. The positive side of these unpredictable floods and seasonal winds was the fertile soil
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Indus Valley Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) in the northwestern region‚ of the Indian subcontinent‚ consisting mainly of what is now Pakistan‚ and parts of India‚ Afghanistan and Iran. Flourishing around the Indus River basin‚ the civilization extended east into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley and the upper reaches of Ganges-Yamuna Doab; it extended west to the Makran coast of Balochistan‚ north to northeastern
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Effects of Geography on the River Valley Civilizations The developments of early civilizations in Egypt‚ China‚ India‚ and Mesopotamia were greatly influenced by their geographical locations which allowed them to each adapt to their environment in many different and similar ways . These ancient river valley civilizations were all affected by surrounding rivers‚ landscapes‚ and environmental changes such as climate. Accordingly‚ all four regions were able to take advantage of their geographical location
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Harappan and the Minoan civilizations disappeared‚ the civilizations had some of the greatest religions‚ writings and laws‚ and evident social hierarchy and city structure. Ancient civilizations are fascinating‚ brilliant‚ beautiful‚ and harsh. Each civilization had a quality that made it special‚ but each civilization also had a quality that made it horrible. The Harappan and Minoan‚ both civilizations people know virtually nothing about‚ were one of few ancient civilizations that we get the pleasure
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If the Indus River Valley people did not need the natural recourse that living by a river provided then they would have moved to a more defendable area to live. They were invaded many times throughout history and it would not make sense to remain in that area unless there was a specific advantage to that area. (Textbook) An account about death from the perspective of an Egyptian writer gives the sense of being active and doing things after death. An example of this would be soaring like a hawk
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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) that was located in the northwestern region[1] of the Indian subcontinent‚[2][3] consisting of what is now mainly present-day Pakistan and northwest India.[4]Flourishing around the Indus River basin‚ the civilization[n 1] extended east into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley[8] and the upper reachesGanges-Yamuna Doab;[9][10] it extended west to the Makran coast of Balochistan‚ north to northeastern
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BC‚ a major civil culture‚ known as the Indus River Valley Civilization‚ made it to its climax in a region now known as South Asia. The Indus Valley Civilization was an enormous civilization that consisted of over 1000 individual varying settlements. The settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization spread through what is now all of Pakistan‚ sections of Afghanistan‚ and some parts of India. When archaeologists attempted to investigate the civilization‚ one key aspect that was never resolved was its
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The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India (see map). Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World‚ and of the three the most widespread. It flourished in the basins of the Indus River‚ one of the major rivers of Asia‚ and the Ghaggar-Hakra River‚ which once coursed through northwest India and eastern
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The Indus River Valley The people in the Indus River Valley followed the same set of rules and had very organized cities which allowed them to live for 1000 years. The Indus River Valley took place in India. India was east of the Fertile Crescent and had two large cities. India was 900 miles long and 250 miles wide. Some reasons why a great civilization between 2500 B.C – 1500 B.C thrived there was the advanced nature of arts‚ science‚ religion‚ and culture. One reason why
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Indus Valley Civilization. The earliest traces of civilization in the Indian subcontinent are to be found in places along‚ or close‚ to the Indus river. Excavations first conducted in 1921-22‚ in the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro‚ both now in Pakistan‚ pointed to a highly complex civilization that first developed some 4‚500-5‚000 years ago‚ and subsequent archaeological and historical research has now furnished us with a more detailed picture of the Indus Valley Civilization and its
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