kept track of people and populations everyone had an identity. South Asian Religion Notes Week 2 Indus Valley Civilization • Largest of the great civilizations. There are almost no usable artifacts‚ many questions are not answered such as ones of language and economy etc • Collapsed and died out‚ no one really knows what happened to it • Situated in modern day Pakistan‚ by the Indus (Sindu) river • Harappa‚ one of the main remains of the civilization‚ Mohanjo-Daro (similar cities)
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civilizations began to form around art‚ religion‚ social structure‚ government‚ and writing. For example the earliest civilization was Samaria. Samaria helped us form a lot of the things we use today. The second civilization was the Indus River Valley. The Indus River Valley is now modern day Pakistan. The third and final civilization is the Israelites. The Israelites were different because their religion is the bases for all their laws and culture. There are many similarities and differences to these
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region of India known as the Indus Valley. The Indus Valley Civilization and later‚ the Aryans - believed by some to have migrated to India from Europe and the middle East - paved the foundation of Hinduism through the influences of their cultures‚ early religions and social structures. Unfortunately‚ there is little to be said of the earliest inhabitants‚ the people of the Indus Valley Civilization because there still does not exist a decipherment of the Indus Valley Script. Based on loose interpretations
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would help a society as cities developed and expanded‚ the food supply and irrigation systems needed to be maintained. Governments‚ such as councils or religious leaders‚ began to oversee the business and existence of the cities. For example‚ the Mesopotamians had several kings who ruled their own territories. This resulted in the issues of empowerment as well as internal fights. On the other hand‚ the Ancient Egyptian government was ruled first and foremost by the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh was the supreme
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their nature‚ these civilizations encourage economic development. Take‚ for example‚ early Mesopotamians. Like most early urban societies‚ they developed economically very quickly. They were quick to invent writing‚ in the form of cuneiform‚ to build markets where craftsmen sold their goods‚ and to establish important trade routes to other urban-based river civilizations‚ such as Egypt and the Indus Valley people‚ which enabled a sharing of ideas‚ and ultimately‚ further development. On the other
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Comparing and Contrasting the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilizations The Mesopotamian (in modern day Iraq) and Egyptian (in modern day Egypt) civilizations flourished around 3500 BCE. They were River Valley civilizations that thrived on agriculture. During their reign‚ they were very prosperous and shared similarities and differences. Differences between them were that Mesopotamia’s environment hindered their civilization in warfare and agriculture while Egypt’s environment strengthened it and
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A ncient A tom Bombs Ancient Atom Bombs Fact‚ Fraud‚ and the Myth of Prehistoric Nuclear Warfare Contents I. The Myth of Ancient Atomic Warfare 1 II. The First Ancient Atomic Bomb Theories 4 III. The Tesla Death Ray 13 IV. Big Theories‚ No Evidence 16 V. What It All Means 20 Works Cited 24 ANCIENT ATOM BOMBS? ● 1 I. The Myth of Ancient Atomic Warfare I N FEBRUARY 2008‚ GLOBAL DIGNITARIES gathered to inaugurate the Svalbard Global
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physical geography of the environment allowing interaction and exchanging of beliefs and goods possible. The Indus River and the Nile River both played a big role on the relationship between ancient humans and their environment. Both rivers developed different cultures‚ religions‚ and beliefs by increasing interaction between ancient societies. Ancient humans located in the Indus Valley were able to exchange believes and spread religions with the use of the river as also trade things like goods
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The site was occupied continuously until about 2600 BC. Irrigation was developed in the Indus Valley Civilization (see also Mohenjo-Daro) by around 4500 BCE. The size and prosperity of the Indus civilization grew as a result of this innovation‚ which eventually led to more planned settlements making use of drainage and sewers. Sophisticated irrigation and water storage systems were developed by the Indus Valley Civilization‚ including artificial reservoirs at Girnar dated to 3000 BCE‚and an early canal irrigation
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Early Civilizations From 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose that historians to this day marvel at‚ the Egyptians‚ the Sumerians‚ the Indus River Valley people‚ and the Shang dynasty in China. They all had great accomplishments in government‚ and religion and inventions. While they had their own different civilizations many similarities arise‚ such as depending on the river and their polytheistic religions. They had very isolated civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians.
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