Geography Essay In the story of world’s history‚ civilizations were created from the very soil underneath their feet. In present day India‚ the Indus Valley flourished from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE. Up Northwest‚ Greece’s city states grew to become mighty in 750 BCE. After Greece’s fall‚ Aksum realized similar success and became a major player in that world from 100 CE to 750 CE. These civilizations grew from nothing to a near unstoppable force‚ because of these civilizations using their geography to
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of thousands of people and up - large territories * 4 distinct sizes of settlements. Ex: cities‚ towns‚ large and small villages * often large‚ densely-populated cities - intensive agriculture 3. Great Zimbabwe vs. London : 13b.s 4. Mohenjo -Daro‚ Indus Valley cs. 2000 B.C 5. Inka Ag Terrace at Moray ca. A.D. 1200 - 1532 6. States: - permanent leaders * With monnopoly on legitimate use of force * military/police and judiciary - Stratified society * Socio-economic hierarchy
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Ancient Roman town /settlement Planning ( 700B.C-500 AD) • Romans adopted the technology and planning skills of the Greeks. They were more advanced than the Greeks in terms of technological skills which they used to develop better infrastructural facilities and construction techniques. • Lime concrete was invented • Applied mechanics for moving heavy masses developed. • Roads were paved with stones • Advanced system of water supply (Aqueducts &water reservoirs)‚ sewage system
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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
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Features | Mesopotamia | Shang China | Community Development * Large settlements * Stable food supply * Trade and communication | Most of the settlements began along the borders of Mesopotamia and date from the 10th to the 9th millennium BC. Because of the dry climate and flooding of the river‚ farmers had to adapt and eventually began to grow crops of fruits and vegetables. | People settled towards the middle or lower parts of the Yellow River in places called urban centers. They
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The quality of municipal town planning suggests the knowledge of urban planning and efficient municipal governments which placed a high priority on hygiene‚ or‚ alternatively‚ accessibility to the means of religious ritual.As seen in Harappa‚ Mohenjo-Daro and the recently partially excavated Rakhigarhi‚ this urban plan included the world’s first known urban sanitation systems: see hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization.
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1 The society of the Etruscans was ruled by………kings…… 2 How democratic was the Athenian democracy? Best description………………were allowed to chose their own city councils……………………… 3 The rise of private armies directly threatened the existence of the Roman republic. ……Julius Ceasar‚ MarkAnthony‚ and …… commanded private armies. 4 In Homer’s Iliad and odyssey the ancient Greeks were portrayed as ……powerful gods……… 5 Buddhism gradually lost its popularity in India because ……………………………………… 6
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India. In the opinion of “Lokmanya Tilak” and other Indian scholars‚ the Aryan civilization is 4000 to 8000 years old. The Indus Valley Civilization which flourished from about 2600 BCE to 1900 BC‚ and included urban centers such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro (in Pakistan)‚ marked the beginning of the urban civilization on the subcontinent. It was centred on the Indus River and its tributaries‚ and extended into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley‚ the Ganges-Yamuna Doab‚Gujarat‚ and northern Afghanistan
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were not able to do so with their lack of sanitation. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer writes on his webpage that homes in the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro have shown the existence of primitive toilets which shows that the people of early times knew that sanitation was an essential and needed to be improved for their civilization to survive although the people of Mohenjo-Daro eventually died
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Some of the characteristics in the Indus River Civilization were Harappa Civilization which was formed along the Indus River. On other hand River Dynasties in China was developed in a River Valley. Major cities which were Kalibangan‚ Mohenjo-Daro‚ and Harappa. The cities were organized planner‚ they made of brick to prevent flooding‚ as well as bathrooms and sewers. The cities in China were divided into class‚ floods was one of their environmental challenges. The Indus River was more of a peaceful
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