harappa civilization
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Harappa Civilization. Hindu Kush. Himalayas. Deccan Plateau. Hindu Kush. Brahmaputra River. Himalayas. Indus River. Ganges River. Deccan Plateau. Indus River Valley Civilization. 6000 BCE – Nomadic herding people. 5000BCE – More rainfall ~ more food ~ bigger population. Cotton. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HarappaCivilization
Indus River Valley Civilization
6000 BCE – Nomadic herding people.5000BCE – More rainfall ~ more food ~ bigger population
Began domesticating sheep, goats, cows & water buffaloBegan planting crops
Cotton
Terraced Farm Fields
The Himalayas
Ancient model of an ox cart
A modern ox cart that looks very similar to the ancient model
4000 BCE – trading with distant areas (shells & beads)2600 BCE – More rainfall ~ civilization as big as Mesopotamia & Egypt2300 BCE – trading with Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa 2 largest cities – over 40,000 each.
Made with standardized, baked bricks (long-lasting)Sewer system undergroundHeated bathing poolsArithmetic system with decimalsWritten language (undeciphered as yet)
Mohenjo-Daro – part of the city
Can you see the relationship between these two images?
Earliest public bath – Mohenjo-Daro
Private bath with drain to
sewer system,
Mohenjo-Daro
Street in
Mohenjo-Daro
Public Well in Mohenjo-Daro
Working platforms
Civilization disappeared between 1800 and 1700 BCE
Possibly due to shift in Indus River coursePossibly people downriver dammed it causing ruinous flooding upriverPossible decline in rainfall
Rainfall increased again in 1500 BCE ~ Groups of pastoral people called Aryans came through Khyber Pass to live on the Indus plains
Warriors with chariotsIndo-European – their language was related to most European languages
Modern Harappa