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Early Civilizations of Ancient India

Early Civilizations of Ancient India. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. The Harappan Civilization. 3000 BC - 1500 BC. Geography. These civilizations developed along the Indus River Valley it is a subcontinent of Asia

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Early Civilizations of Ancient India

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  1. Early Civilizations of Ancient India Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. The Harappan Civilization 3000 BC - 1500 BC

  3. Geography • These civilizations developed along the Indus River Valley • it is a subcontinent of Asia • its most important climatological feature is the monsoon. • it is cut off from the rest of Asia by high mountain ranges.

  4. Harappa was India’s first civilization • Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were carefully planned cities that were only 400 miles apart • Mohenjo-Daro’s carefully planned cities is evidence that it had a well-organized government • The arrival of the Aryans brought an end to these civilizations

  5. Citadel Of Mohenjo-Daro

  6. Aerial View of Mohenjo-Daro

  7. Wide View, Mohenjo-Daro

  8. The Great Bath, Mohenjo-Daro

  9. Bath Area, Mohenjo-Daro

  10. Well, Mohenjo-Daro

  11. A Main Street, Mohenjo-Daro

  12. Granery, Mohenjo-Daro

  13. pottery, Mohenjo-Daro

  14. Bison Seal, Mohenjo-Daro

  15. A Horned-God Seal, Mohenjo-Daro

  16. A Male Head, Mohenjo-Daro Dravidian

  17. A Priest-King, Mohenjo-Daro

  18. Necklace, Mohenjo-Daro

  19. Public Well, Harappa

  20. Drain, Harappa

  21. Unicorn Seal, Harappa

  22. Female Figures, Harappa

  23. Bull Figurine, Harappa

  24. Elephant Figurine, Harappa

  25. Burial Pottery, Harappa

  26. Male Skeleton, Harappa

  27. Female Skeleton with Child, Harappa

  28. Harappan Writing Undecipherable to date.

  29. Ancient China

  30. “Peking Man”(750,000 – 500,000 BC) Sinanthropuspekinesis

  31. The 4 Old-World River Valley Cultures

  32. Yellow River Civilization

  33. Neolithic Pottery 3000 BC to2000 BC

  34. “Chung Kuo”(The “Middle Kingdom”)

  35. A new dynasty comes to power. The emperorreforms the govt.& makes it moreefficient. Start here Emperor isdefeated !! Lives of common people improved;taxes reduced;farming encouraged. TheDynasticCycle Rebel bands findstrong leader whounites them.Attack the emperor. Problems begin(extensive wars,invasions, etc.) Poor loserespect for govt.They join rebels& attack landlords. Taxes increase;men forced towork for army.Farming neglected. Droughts,floods,famines occur. Govt. increasesspending; corruption.

  36. Xia Dynasty 2000-1766 BC

  37. Xia Dynasty • Historians consider this as the beginning of Chinese civilization. • Little is known about this civilization.

  38. Xia Plaque, 1700 BC

  39. Shang Dynasty 1750-1122 BC

  40. Bronze Age Empires

  41. Shang: 1523-1028 BC

  42. Writing system developed that used pictographs which were symbols or characters representing an object. Pictographs Semantic-Phonetics

  43. Clear social divisions : Wealth was based on land. • Farming society ruled by aristocracy. • They had a belief in super natural forces. • To communicate with the gods rulers made use of oracle bones.

  44. Oracle Bones

  45. Oracle Bones Calendar

  46. Silk making and bronze working were technological contributions of this dynasty

  47. Axe Scepter – 1100 BCE - jade Ceremonial Dagger – 1028 BCE

  48. ShangUrn

  49. Shang Bronzes

  50. Ritual Wine Vessel – bronze, 13c BC

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