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Ancient India – Indus Valley

Ancient India – Indus Valley. Study Guide. Why did people of the Indus Valley choose to settle where they did?. Great conditions for agriculture! fertile soil Water source. What is unique about Indus Valley cities? (Hint** layout description).

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Ancient India – Indus Valley

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  1. Ancient India – Indus Valley Study Guide

  2. Why did people of the Indus Valley choose to settle where they did? • Great conditions for agriculture! • fertile soil • Water source

  3. What is unique about Indus Valley cities? (Hint** layout description) • Cities in the Indus Valley were built with similar layouts • Straight, wide streets • Rectangular city blocks for buildings • Brick buildings • City fortress

  4. What is a possible explanation for the disappearance of the Mohenjo-Daro people? • Earthquake • Flood • Attack from invaders

  5. How were the Aryans able to take farmland away from native people? • They were stronger fighters because they had horses

  6. What is another name for “Enlightened One”? Buddha

  7. Who was Zarathustra? Bonus Question! • The creator of Zoroastrianism • He changed the religious beliefs of the Persians

  8. Know the difference between the three religions. • Hinduism – teaches that people live many lives until they reach spiritual perfection • Buddhism – people should seek love, truth, knowledge, and a calm mind • Zoroastrianism – life on Earth is a struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness (two gods – one good, one evil)

  9. Know about different leaders. • Chandragupta Maurya- cruel and harsh ruler • Ashoka - Buddhism • Chandragupta II – enlarged empire, ruled during the Golden Age • Cyrus the Great – built the Persian Empire • Darius – organizer, developed the courier system

  10. The Golden Age of India - Acheivements • In the lives of People – pony express, sewage system, arabic numerals, traded West of Mediterranean • Literature – wrote folktales (Sinbad the Sailor, Jack the Giant Killer), holy books( Vedas), wrote plays and poems (Kalidasa) • Medicine – way to set broken bones, inoculation, sterilized tools, dentistry

  11. Caste System • What was it? – a way to organize social classes • How did it operate? –born into a caste, could only marry someone in their caste, couldn’t become a member of another caste, people would have the job their parents had, lowest class called the “untouchables” who couldn’t stand in the shadow of people in other classes

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