Indus valley Civilization – Bronze Age Ancient civilizations are the basis of the world as we know it today‚ built on the ruins of 10‚000 years of advanced cultures such as the Greek‚ Roman‚ Mesopotamia‚ Mayan‚ Indus‚ Egyptian‚ and others that we know primarily through archaeology and some written records. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE‚ was the first major civilization in India. A sophisticated
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Specialized labor and written language was something that the Indus Valley civilization had a lot of and created. For specialized labor they would have different people or groups of people to have different jobs or professions in which they would create things for the river valley civilization. For example‚ “they had a person who made various tools. The tools they made were hammers‚ knives‚ needles‚ fish-hooks‚ axes‚ razors‚ and saws. But apart from these common tools‚ there were also stone querns
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Indus and Yellow River Valleys • Origin and spread of ideas • Interaction between the “civilized” and “uncivilized” 1. Indus vs. Aryans • Note: Harappan civilization same as Indus • Historical Significance 1. Indus discovered to British in the 1840s (ruins knew earlier by locals) 2. British used Indus brick in railroad construction 3. Increasing interest in increases 4. Discovery of seals with writing intensifies interest 5. Harappa “discovered” in 1920s 6. They said it’s a “new”/ just
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in the Americas Tarot roots in New Guinea Domestication of animals Horses‚ cows‚ sheep‚ pigs‚ goats in Afro-Eurasia Llama only large domesticated animal of the Americas Early settlements not "civilizations" Jericho and Catal Huyuk Domestication of plans and animals leads to a food surplus Food surplus leads to a specialization of labor creating: Religion‚ writing‚ artisans and goods‚ merchants and trade‚ architectural
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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 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 And Vedic Civilisation There is much to be contrasted between the cultures of the Harappans and the Aryans. There are indeed a few points of similarities‚ but they are not of any significance. Why the points of contrast are more is primarily because of geographic location‚ economic activity and the religious practices followed by both the cultures. Far more important is the fact that the Aryans‚ with a plasticity of mind‚ made life vibrant; whereas‚ the Indus life looks more like stylized
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Responsible for the Demise of the Indus Valley Civilization? YES Historian Stanley Wolpert (from A New History of India‚ 6th ed) states that the Aryan invasion of the Indus Valley did occur and that it played a role in the demise of the Indus Valley civilization. All excavations do prove that the decline of the Indus valley civilization occurred suddenly between 1800 BC and 1700 BC. It has been suggested that perhaps the people of the Indus Valley Civilization were destroyed by invading barbaric
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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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Mesopotamia vs. Indus River Valley 9/26/12 Ancient Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley civilization were two incredibly productive and successful empires. While Mesopotamian politics were slightly less focused on religion and more on other aspects‚ the two societies shared many social characteristics. They both had defined social hierarchies‚ as well as similar views on gender roles. These traits are helpful in explaining the similarities and differences between
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