PPT-AIM: How did the geography of India impact the development of early Indian civilizations?

Do Now Farmers Activity India is a subcontinent in South Asia The Himalaya Mountains separate India From China This is a photograph of the famous Khyber Pass This valley allowed. in India and China. Part 1: India. Geography of the Indian Subcontinent. Mountains in the north limited contact- helped India to develop a distinct culture. The subcontinent is divided into three major zones: . Period 1 Review. Big Picture: Turning Points. Emergence of Humankind. Globalization of Humankind. Revolution of Farming and Herding. Emergence of Civilizations. Chronology. 1.1: Big . Geography and the Peopling of the Earth. : . Constraints to policy . alignment. Presented at: . Australasian . Aid and International Development Policy Workshop . February 13 – 14, 2014 . by . Rani D. Mullen. Director & Visiting Sr. Fellow, Indian Development Cooperation Research, Centre for Policy Research, India & . Raj. India in the Late Middle Ages. The Mughal Empire. Established by Emperor Babul in the early 1500s. Expanded its control over India over the next 2 centuries;. But its . heartland . was in Northern India. Outcome: Geography & Early Civilization. Geography & Early Civilization. Setting the Stage. Historians know less about the origins and eventual decline of early Indian cultures because the. . The Big Idea. Indian civilization first developed on the Indus River.. Main Ideas. The geography of India includes high mountains, great rivers, and heavy seasonal rain.. Harappan. civilization developed along the Indus River.. Period 1 Review. Big Picture: Turning Points. Emergence of Humankind. Globalization of Humankind. Revolution of Farming and Herding. Emergence of Civilizations. Chronology. 1.1: Big . Geography and the Peopling of the Earth. Maurya & Gupta Dynasties. Classical India. By 600 BCE, India had passed through its formative phase. . A classical civilization could now build on the social and cultural themes introduced during the Vedic and Epic ages. . in India and China. (2500 B.C.–256 B.C.). Copyright © 2003 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. All rights reserved.. World History: Connection to Today . Indus Valley Civilization circa 2600BCE-1900 BCE. Political – city state governed by kings. Economic- Trade with Mesopotamia; agricultural; cotton and food crops; industry= textiles; some merchants, mostly farmers; urbanized- large cities (Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro). Emerged in. The Mediterranean . Greeks and Romans. The Indian Subcontinent. Mauryan and the Gupta. Southwest Asia. Persia. East Asia. Qin and the Han. Americas . Mesoamerica; Teotihuacan and Maya. Andean region; . Chapter 2. 2008. A subcontinent is a large piece of land that is somewhat smaller than a continent.. The two most important rivers in India are the Khyber and the Ganges.. Khyber is the name of a mountain pass, the rivers are the INDUS and the GANGES . 3 proto-continents. Rift valley. Aravalli. Dhrawad. Singhbhum. Narmada. Son. Godavari. Mahanadi. Damodar. Crack over western coast. Break up from . Gondawana. Western Ghats . Northern Plains. Slope: South eastern . . Satellite View. Africa’s Size. Second largest continent .  11,700,000 sq. mi.. 10% of the world’s population.. 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.. 5. 0. 0. 0. M. I. L. E. S. 4 6 0 0 M I L E S.