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INDIA

INDIA. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. also called the HARAPPAN arose around 2500 BCE in the Indus River Valley (present-day Pakistan and India). INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. the main cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro

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INDIA

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  1. INDIA

  2. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • also called the HARAPPAN • arose around 2500 BCE • in the Indus River Valley (present-day Pakistan and India)

  3. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

  4. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • the main cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro • larger than either the Mesopotamian or Egyptian civilizations

  5. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION They built their cities in a grid format.

  6. They had the first large scale sanitation system that included wells and a place for waste water.

  7. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • Most of the people in town were traders or artisans (skilled craftspeople) • The society was ruled by powerful priests

  8. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION invented a uniform system of weights and measures

  9. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • System of writing • 400 symbols • Not able to decipher

  10. THE DISAPPEARANCE • The Indus Valley civilization disappeared around 1500 BCE • Possible causes: • Climate • Drought • Intensive cultivation • Changes in the course of the Indus River • Depleted soils • Erosion

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