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India. World History Core River Valleys. Geography/Interaction with the Environment. Location: Asia Subcontinent: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Mountains: Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayas Deccan: Plateau at the center of the Indian peninsula.

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  1. India World History Core River Valleys

  2. Geography/Interaction with the Environment • Location: • Asia • Subcontinent: • India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh • Mountains: • Hindu Kush, Karakorum, and Himalayas • Deccan: • Plateau at the center of the Indian peninsula

  3. Geography/Interaction with the Environment • Indus River • Flows SW from Himalayas to the Arabian Sea • Ganges River • Flows E from Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal

  4. Geography/Interaction with the Environment • Monsoons: • Seasonal winds • Oct – Feb, NE-W (Dry) • June – Sept, E-SW (Wet/Floods)

  5. Geography/Interaction with the Environment • Khyber Pass: • Hindu Kush mountain range • Mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan • Isolated India from the rest of the world • Along with oceans/seas

  6. Power and Authority • Harrapan Civilization: • City in India where the most artifacts have been found • Planned Communities: • Grid: built towns on a “grid” much like modern cities • Kiln Fired Bricks: oven baked bricks, made them stronger and a uniform size • Plumbing: pipes connected each house removing waste

  7. Power and Authority • Central Government: • Uniformity of cities planning and construction suggests that the Indus River Valley Civilization had a strong central government

  8. Religious and Ethical Systems • Polytheistic: • Belief in many gods • Animism: • Belief that living things have spirits • Linked to Hinduism: • Artifacts found suggests a connection to a Hindu god Shiva

  9. Cultural Interaction/Economics/Empire Building • Diverse Trade: • Gold/silver from Afghanistan • Semiprecious stones from Persia • Contact with Mesopotamia: • Found seals in Sumer which they also found in Harrapa • Stamps and Seals: • Picture of animal and writing = used for trading

  10. Cultural Interaction/Economics/Empire Building • Geography Limits Expanison • East and West = rivers • North = mountains • Seas on three sides • Aryans: • Nomadic people from the North

  11. Science and Technology • Written Language: • No bilingual text = unable to translate language • Planned Communities and Plumbing • Cotton: • Grew, popular trading item • Mathematics: • Dimension of bricks (4:2:1) • Geometry (planned cities) • Systems of weights

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