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AIM : How did the Aryan migration effect the settlers of the Indus Valley? Do Now : Agree or disagree – Everyone has equal opportunity to be successful in our society.
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AIM: How did the Aryan migration effect the settlers of the Indus Valley? Do Now: Agree or disagree – Everyone has equal opportunity to be successful in our society. HW: In a minimum of 10 sentences answer the following: Do you think the idea of a caste system is a good or bad system for a society?
The Aryans • 1500-250 BC • Indo-European Migrations • Nomads: someone who moves from place to place in search for food. • From the Steppes of the Caucasus Mts. • Steppe: dry grasslands. • Migrated (moved) all throughout Europe & southwest Asia. • Aryans • Indo-Europeans who migrated into the Indus Valley. • Vedas: books that set down their prayers, songs, spells & religious formulas. • Varnas: • Rigid class system created by the Aryans. • Aryans had the best jobs. • Dasa (dark) had the worst jobs. • Magadha – major kingdom of the Aryans.