The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world ’s first great urban civilizations‚ existing from 3000 B.C.E to 1500 B.C.E. During their time they have contributed much to the history of the world through their influences on culture‚ religion‚ government‚ social structure‚ economy and technology. The Indus Valley Civilization was located along the river valleys of the Indus‚ Ravi‚ and Sutlej. In its spread‚ this civilization was bigger than the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations‚ stretching
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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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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 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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More than 4‚000 years ago there flourished in the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent a civilization which‚ derived its name from the main river of the region is known as the Indus civilization. From west to east the Indus civilization covered an area of 6oo kilometres‚ and from north to south of 100 kilometres. The first thing that strikes a visitor to an Indus site-be it Harappa or Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan ‚ Lothal‚ in India-is the town-planning. One finds the streets and lanes
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Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization was an intriguing and sophisticated ancient culture‚ with many highly advanced inventions in civil engineering. The urban planning in cities like Dholavira was quite superb and had to be because it held up to 20‚000 people. The people kept this urban district up with large limestone pillars that increased the aesthetic and functional integrity of their buildings. Dholavira had an intelligent water system with water flowing both above
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How To Protect Endangered Species? Indus River Dolphin Common names: Indus river dolphin‚ bhulan‚ blind river dolphin‚ Indus dolphin‚ side swimming dolphin‚ Plataniste de l’Indus (Fr)‚ Delfín del Indo (Sp) Scientific name: Plantanista minor What are Indus river dolphins? The Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor) is one of the world’s rarest mammals and the second most endangered freshwater river dolphin. The species is characterized by a long beak‚ rounded belly‚ stocky body‚ very small dorsal
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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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Some of the earliest civilizations on Earth were the Early River Valley Civilizations. All of these civilizations existed between 3500 and 1500 BCE. Three of these civilizations‚ China‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt shared many characteristics. Among these common characteristics were the development of agriculture through irrigation‚ the importance of religion in society‚ and the form of government they shared. The first characteristic these civilizations shared was the development of agriculture in their
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Ancient river civilizations in the Mediterranean as well as Central and South America denote some of the world’s first civilizations. The Phoenician’s civilization was founded in what is now Lebanon‚ Syria‚ and parts of northern Africa‚ the Chavin society developed around modern day Peru where the Mosna and huachescsa rivers merge. The Phoenician civilization created their society around 1100 B.C.E and the Chavín civilization was established around from 900 B.C.E. The Phoenician and the Chavin showed
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