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Harappa Civilization

Harappa Civilization. Hindu Kush. Himalayas. Deccan Plateau. Hindu Kush. Brahmaputra River. Himalayas. Indus River. Ganges River. Deccan Plateau. Indus River Valley Civilization. 6000 BCE – Nomadic herding people. 5000BCE – More rainfall ~ more food ~ bigger population. Cotton.

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Harappa Civilization

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  1. Harappa Civilization

  2. Hindu Kush Himalayas Deccan Plateau

  3. Hindu Kush Brahmaputra River Himalayas Indus River Ganges River Deccan Plateau

  4. Indus River Valley Civilization • 6000 BCE – Nomadic herding people. • 5000BCE – More rainfall ~ more food ~ bigger population

  5. Cotton • Began domesticating sheep, goats, cows & water buffalo • Began planting crops

  6. Terraced Farm Fields

  7. The Himalayas

  8. Ancient model of an ox cart

  9. A modern ox cart that looks very similar to the ancient model

  10. 4000 BCE – trading with distant areas (shells & beads) • 2600 BCE – More rainfall ~ civilization as big as Mesopotamia & Egypt • 2300 BCE – trading with Mesopotamia and Egypt. • Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa 2 largest cities – over 40,000 each.

  11. Made with standardized, baked bricks (long-lasting) • Sewer system underground • Heated bathing pools • Arithmetic system with decimals • Written language (undeciphered as yet)

  12. Mohenjo-Daro – part of the city

  13. Can you see the relationship between these two images?

  14. Earliest public bath – Mohenjo-Daro

  15. Private bath with drain to sewer system, Mohenjo-Daro

  16. Street in Mohenjo-Daro

  17. Public Well in Mohenjo-Daro

  18. Working platforms

  19. Civilization disappeared between 1800 and 1700 BCE • Possibly due to shift in Indus River course • Possibly people downriver dammed it causing ruinous flooding upriver • Possible decline in rainfall

  20. Rainfall increased again in 1500 BCE ~ Groups of pastoral people called Aryans came through Khyber Pass to live on the Indus plains • Warriors with chariots • Indo-European – their language was related to most European languages

  21. Modern Harappa

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