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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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INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • also called the HARAPPAN • arose around 2500 BCE • in the Indus River Valley (present-day Pakistan and India)
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • the main cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro • larger than either the Mesopotamian or Egyptian civilizations
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION They built their cities in a grid format.
They had the first large scale sanitation system that included wells and a place for waste water.
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • Most of the people in town were traders or artisans (skilled craftspeople) • The society was ruled by powerful priests
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION invented a uniform system of weights and measures
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION • System of writing • 400 symbols • Not able to decipher
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