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Indus Valley Civilizations

Indus Valley Civilizations . Focus Question . Write a paragraph explaining what the most important social development of the Paleolithic age was… The most important social development of the Paleolithic period is …. Indus Civilization.

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Indus Valley Civilizations

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  1. Indus Valley Civilizations

  2. Focus Question • Write a paragraph explaining what the most important social development of the Paleolithic age was… • The most important social development of the Paleolithic period is …

  3. Indus Civilization • This civilization began between 3000BCE & 1500BCE. • Major cities emerged along the Indus and Ganges Rivers.

  4. Geography: To the North were the Himalaya and Hindu-Kush Mts. • The major Rivers were the Indus and Ganges. • The pass through the Mts. was called Khyber pass. • And the seasonal winds that blow cold dry air in the winter & warm wet rainy periods during spring and summer is called monsoons.

  5. Indus River

  6. Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro • Two of the largest cities in the Indian Sub-continent were • Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro. • Both Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro had around 35000-40,000 people. • They were very well organized cities laid out in a grid like pattern that ran North, South East and West. • In addition they had running water, clay pipes, two and 3 story homes built with standard sized oven fired bricks. • They had bathrooms, sewer system, garbage disposals, trash men and other city workers.

  7. Harappa - Public Well

  8. Key developments: • Grid like streets • Standard sized oven fired bricks • Clay pipes, and clay trade seals • Running water • Sewage system • Garbage disposals & trash workers

  9. What happen to them? • Around 1500 BCE a group known as the Aryans invaded the Indus Valley • Many were killed. • Some escaped to the mountains. • Many were captured & made slaves of the Aryan invaders. • Invasion by Aryans from Hindu Kush.

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