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Indus River Valley

Discover the ancient Indus River Valley civilization that thrived from 3000 B.C. to 1300 B.C. in present-day India and Pakistan. Explore their organized cities, religion, advancements, and mysterious decline.

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Indus River Valley

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  1. Indus River Valley By: TJ, Menty, and Alyssa

  2. Where is the Indus River Valley? • Current day India and Pakistan • Surrounded by mountains, ocean, ffffffffff and desert • Tropical climate • Located west of the Ganges River

  3. Background • 3000 B.C.-1300 B.C. • Stretched from Himalaya Mountains to Arabian Sea • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were major cities • Evidence of over a thousand settlements in the area

  4. Social Organization • Efficiently planned cities • Organized government • Religion and political power were connected • Males were the dominant figures • Life was centered around family • Harappan economy was based on farming

  5. Religion • Polytheistic- made up of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism • Seals show animals which resemble the Gods, Shiva and Rudra • Worshipped a Father God- may have been the forefather of the race • Mother Goddess- Symbolizing fertility

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  7. Advancements and Successes • Trade stretched to Mesopotamia • Aryans developed Sanskrit, an Indo-European language, around 1000 BC. • Advanced underground drainage systems and trash chutes • Earliest public water tank (Mohenjo- Daro)

  8. Decline • Around 1500 B.C. • No one knows why for sure • Likely due to environmental change, natural disasters and/or foreign migration

  9. Bibliography • Indus River Major Achievements. “Major Achievements.” Indus River Valley, <indusrivervalleyproject.weebly.com/major-achievements.html.> • Khan Academy. “Indus River Valley Civilizations.” Khan Academy, Khan Academy, 2019, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/world-history-beginnings/ancient-india/a/the-indus-river-valley-civilizations. • Religion and Culture. “Religion and Culture.” The Indus Valley Civilization, <indus-valley-civ.weebly.com/religion-and-culture.html.> • Roach, John. “Lost City of Mohenjo Daro Puzzles Archaeologists.” Lost City of Mohenjo Daro, National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2017, <www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/mohenjo-daro/> • Kenoyer, Johnathan. “Great Bath” <https://www.harappa.com/slide/great-bath-mohenjo-daro-0> 1995-2019 • Violatti, Cristian. “Indus Valley Civilization.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 18 Aug. 2019, <www.ancient.eu/Indus_Valley_Civilization/> • Violatti, Cristian. “Indus Script.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 18 Aug. 2019, <www.ancient.eu/Indus_Script/.>

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