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Indus Valley

Indus Valley. Ms. Berry Social Studies 6 th Grade. Indus Valley Civilization. Present day Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan, and northern India 2500 B.C. ; not long after the Fertile Crescent and Nile Valley were settled Three major cities: Harappa Mohenjo-Daro Lothal

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Indus Valley

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  1. Indus Valley Ms. Berry Social Studies 6th Grade

  2. Indus Valley Civilization • Present day Pakistan, parts of Afghanistan, and northern India • 2500 B.C. ; not long after the Fertile Crescent and Nile Valley were settled • Three major cities: • Harappa • Mohenjo-Daro • Lothal • Sometimes called the Harappan Civilization

  3. Mohenjo-Daro • Model of city planning • Straight wide streets; 30 feet wide • Rectangular blocks • Walled fortress built on a platform in western part of city which protected the government buildings, bathhouse, and storage shed • Shed- 30 feet tall and 1200 feet long; enough grain to feed the 45,000 people

  4. Buildings • Made of sun-dried bricks • Wealthy lived in brick buildings • Most people lived in small huts surrounding the city • Houses were two stories high, had a courtyard, and rooms for servants. • Opened onto alleys rather than main streets • Front of house had no windows

  5. Bathing and Trash • Almost every house had its own bathroom • Showered by pouring water over themselves from jugs • Run off water flowed through brick pipes into a city drain system that ran along the main streets • Each house had a trash chute to empty trash into a bin in the street; which was then collected by city workers

  6. Life in the City • Look at the picture. • Answer the questions.

  7. A Mystery? Ended quickly in 1500 B.C. Victims of earthquake or flood? Attacked by invader? Houses appear to be abandoned and people appear as if they were running away from something.

  8. Video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uasE8pum8g8 • Video on

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