The Indus River Valley

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The Indus River Valley
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Aim How did geography help shape early Indian
civilizations?

• Do Now Please read Cities of the Indus Valley
  and answer the 2 corresponding questions in
  complete sentences.

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As we watch the video

• Write down 3 things you learned about Indias
  geography and how it affected the people who live
  there.

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Todays Vocabulary

• Subcontinent
• Monsoon
• Harappan Civilization
• Mountains (Himalaya, Hindu Kush)
• Rivers (Indus and Ganges)
• Desert (Thar)
• Plains (Northern)
• Plateau (Deccan)

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Classroom Activity

• Think Pair Share
• Please answer Documents 2-4
• Answer all questions in complete sentences
• Homework
• Answer Document 1 T-Chart

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How was the Indus River Valley civilization
organized?

• Do Now Please answer the multiple choice
  questions

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Think-Pair Share

• Planned Cities on the Indus
• Answer Questions 1-3 and the Skillbuilder

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India
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Harappan society, ca. 2000 B.C.E.

• Indus valley
• well-watered and heavily forested
• 500 miles along the river valley
• 10-20 times larger than Mesopotamia or Egypt

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Geography

• Wall of Mountains- sepereated India from the rest
  of Asia
• Hindu Kush
• Himalaya
• Karakoram
• This created an Indian Sub-Continent
• Monsoons trade winds that brought rain in the
  summer and dry wind in the winter
• Major Rivers-
• Indus
• Ganges

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Summary Todays Vocabulary

• Subcontinent
• Monsoon
• Harappan Civilization
• Mountains (Himalaya, Hindu Kush)
• Rivers (Indus and Ganges)
• Desert (Thar)
• Plains (Northern)
• Plateau (Deccan)

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Indus Valley Civilizations

• The earliest Indian civilization is cloaked in
  mystery.
• Archaeologists have not fully uncovered many
  Indus Valley sites.
• No names of kings or queens, no tax records, no
  literature, no accounts of famous victories.

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Debrief

• Please fill in your notes as we go through the
  slides.

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Political

• Identically planned cities and construction
  suggests a strong central government

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Economic

• Traded long distances
• Artifacts found show that Sumer and Indus traded
  for about 350 years

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Religious

• Artifacts show links to modern Hindu Culture
• Shiva- is a major Hindu god
• Worshipped Cows

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Social

• Civilization was generally stable
• Same kinds of houses suggests little social
  differences
• Toys were found for children this shows
  prosperity since they can make things they do not
  NEED to survive

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Intellectual

• Solved the problem of plumbing
• Built extensive plumbing systems
• Private bath and toilet for every house
• Toilets made of brick with wooden seats
• Pipes connected underground sewer system

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Achievements

• Sophisticated city planning very detailed and
  organized
• Used a grid system
• Citadel a fortified area surrounded by a wall
  that protected the major buildings in the city
• Public buildings, bath, granaries and religious
  quarters

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Harappa
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Mohenjo Daro
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Pictures Cited

• Slide 1 http//www.ancientindia.co.uk/writing/ex
  plore/images/ps322850.jpg
• Slide 2 http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/
  sites/images/harappa_granary.jpg
• Slide 3 http//christym7.tripod.com/mohenjodaro.
  gifhttp//www.indiana.edu/isp/cd_rom/images/harap
  pa/bath_08.jpgimgrefurlhttp//www.indiana.edu/i
  sp/cd_rom/images/harappa/bath_08.htmh267w400s
  z25hlenstart78um1tbnidw12n8lRqNyAG5Mtbn
  h83tbnw124prev
• Slide 4 http//www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/arti
  cles/Who20Began20Writing20Many20Theories,20Fe
  w20Answers_files/040699sci-early-writing.1.gif
• Slide 5 http//www.indhistory.com/img/harappa-pi
  cture-1.jpg
• Slide 6 http//content.answers.com/main/content/
  wp/en/2/2b/Pashupati.gif
• Slide 7 http//www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2002
  /dec2002/gec02lebax23x2.jpg
• Slide 9 http//www.mohenjodaro.net/images/
• Slide 11 http//www.geocities.com/dipalsarvesh/m
  ohenjo-daro.jpg
• Slide 12 http//www.globalheritagefund.org/where
  /images/indus_25.jpg
• Slide 13 http//www.the-south-asian.com/July-Aug
  2006/Old-Ravi-Bed-Fields-Harapa.jpg
• Slide 14 www.mohenjodaro.net
• Slide 16 http//www.destination360.com/asia/chin
  a/images/s/china-himalayas.jpg
• Slide 17 http//www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publ
  ications/MountainWatch_Bishkek/presspack/I/Glacier
  (Bs).jpg
• Slide 18 - http//atomar.tripod.com/pix/Everest-SW
  -Face_sm_copy.jpg