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Planned Cities of the Indus

Planned Cities of the Indus. Chapter 2 Section 3. Key Terms. Subcontinent Monsoon Harapan civilization. The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent. Subcontinent- land mass that includes India, Pakastan, and Bangladesh Protection World’s largest mountains Large desert.

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Planned Cities of the Indus

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  1. Planned Cities of the Indus Chapter 2 Section 3

  2. Key Terms • Subcontinent • Monsoon • Harapan civilization

  3. The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent • Subcontinent- land mass that includes India, Pakastan, and Bangladesh • Protection • World’s largest mountains • Large desert

  4. The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent • Indus and Ganges Rivers • Enormous flat fertile plain • Indus river 1700 miles • Provide irrigation • Silt for rich land • Decca Plateau-large dry center of peninsula

  5. Monsoons • Seasonal winds • October to February • From the Northeast • Dry westward air • June through October • Southeast over the ocean • Large rain clouds • Flooding • Lack of monsoons is drought

  6. Environmental Challenges • Yearly floods, rich soil • Rivers change course • The cycle of wet and dry is unpredictable

  7. Civilization Emerges on the Indus • Earliest arrivals • Arrived by sea from Africa • Planned Cities • Buildings of brick • Strong levees • Human made islands • Kalibangan, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, largest cities

  8. Harappan Civilization • Indus Valley • Streets laid out in a grid system • Citadel-fortified area • Bricks of standard size • Plumbing and sewage systems • Streets 30 feet wide divided residential areas

  9. Harappan Culture • Language • Written language • Impossible to decipher • 400 symbols make up language • Animals on a lot of artifacts • Statues • Toys • seals

  10. Harappan Culture • Role of Religion • Theocracy • No temple found • Priest prayed for harvests • Mother goddess • Fertility images • Worship of bull • Shiva image

  11. Harappan Culture • Trade • Gold and silver from Afghanistan • Semi precious stones Persia • Indus good transportation • Indus River link to the sea • Trading 2600 to 1800BC

  12. Indus Valley Culture ends • 1750 quality declines • Found by satellite 1970’s • River may have dried up • Environmental changes affected food • Aryans arrived in 1500 BC in the Indus Valley

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