The Indus valley civilization was the largest of four ancient urban civilizations Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ South Asia‚ and China. It was discovered in the 1990’s but most of its ruins remain to be excavated. The Indus civilization was huge; it covered from Mumbai (in Marashta‚ India) in south up to Himalayas and northern Afghanistan in north. The far west of the Indus civilization is as far west as Arabian Sea coast (in Baluchistan‚ Pakistan) next to the Iranian border. The east of that large civilization
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Indus Valley Art and Architecture Architecture: City planning: The overall layout of the Indus is based on a grid of right angles. Large streets run in straight lines in north-south directions and are crossed by smaller streets in an east-west direction. The large streets were 33 feet wide and smaller streets ranged from 9 to 12 feet in length. The division of space into separate blocks is seen not only in the layout of the streets but also in house plans‚ the designs on
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The Indus river valley is now Pakistan and extends into modern day Indian states of Gujarat‚ Rajasthan‚ Haryana‚ and Punjab. The Indus river valley is a big flood area. There was a huge flood that killed thousands of people‚ others were injured and 150‚000 evacuated. In the future‚ something like this could happen again due to the unpredictable flooding of the Indus River. There could also be greater problems like water scarcity‚ droughts‚ and food shortages because of the growing population and
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"Indus Valley." BBC News. BBC‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. * -“India.” Ancient Civilizations Reference Library. Ed. Judson Knight and Stacy A. McConnell. Detroit: UXL‚ 2000.Student Resources in Context.Web.29 Mar 2013. * Guisepi‚ R. A. "Indus River Valley Civilizations." Indus River Valley Civilizations. History World International‚ n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013. Expectations : Going into this project ‚ I expect to find a great wealth and power obtained by the people of the Indus River Valley through
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There were four River Valley Civilizations‚ India‚ China‚ Egypt‚ Sumer‚ and each had a way to thrive. Each of them had their own different technique of doing things‚ but they all had a common goal. So‚ I am going to compare and contrast their writing and trading systems. The four River Valley Civilizations had writing systems to communicate; each used writing to communicate not only with their fellow neighbors‚ but with other civilizations. They each used writing for trade‚ and this
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Approximately 5000 years ago the first complex‚ politically centralized civilizations began to form independently along numerous river valleys throughout parts of Asia and Africa. These civilizations were the building blocks for organization of human economic‚ political‚ religious‚ and social practices. Although the cultures of both Ancient Egypt and Shang China River Valley Civilizations share geographic‚ religious‚ and political similarities‚ the cultures are vastly different when social characteristics
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The Indus Civilization began around 2500 B.C. in the western part of south Asia. There have been many excavations‚ and still are many continuing on now. With hopes to uncover the deep mysteries of the Indus Civilization excavators push on. The Indus Valley Civilization has many tribes in various areas in Asia. One of the many mysteries is the actual name and location of every tribe that contributed to the making of the Indus Valley Civilization. However the general locations have been classified
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Period 9 9-5-10 Compare and Contrast Essay Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley Throughout the ages; societies around the world have been compared and contrasted‚ this is due to the growing interests of the human mind. Although the Indus River Valley was complex and exceptionally organized due to it’s agricultural opportunities‚ Mesopotamia serves as a more remarkable society. Known for being the ‘cradle of civilization’‚ Mesopotamia formed a benchmark as the most ancient highly developed
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Before 600 BCE in the Ancient River Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ they developed cultures that share similar religious beliefs and writing systems‚ but different types of architectural monumental buildings. Mesopotamia and Egypt had similar religious beliefs. Mesopotamia was a polytheistic religion. They had gods like UR and Uruk. Egypt was also a polytheistic religion‚with gods like Isis and Osiris. They created different gods which helped to explain why different things occurred
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The Rise of The Indus Valley Civilization More than four thousand years earlier there thrived a civilization within the Punjab and Sindh regions of Northwest India and Pakistan. This civilization was named after the main river of the region the Indus River. It was called as the Indus valley civilization. This civilization had an area much larger than the Egypt and Mesopotamia civilization jointly (A.L.Basham). The researchers have given different names to this civilization. However‚ the most widespread
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