PPT-Art of India Ch. 4.2 Indus Valley Civilization 2500 BC-1500 BC

The earliest Indian culture Ended 1500 BC Located in Modern Pakistan Seals from Mohenjodaro Pakistan c 3000 BCE steatite each approximately 1 38 x 1 38 in Used to stamp seals on official documents . List some things that you feel would be needed for a civilization to be successful…. River Valley Civilizations. Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. 9000 – 3000 Years Ago… . Advanced. Cities. Geography of Indus River Valley. Located on a . subcontinent. – land mass that is apart from the rest of the continent. Physical Features- . Mountain Ranges, valleys and planes that hold 2 rivers- Ganges and Indus . SOL-WHI-3. The 1. st. River Valley Civilizations. During the New Stone Age, permanent settlements appeared in river valleys and around the Fertile Crescent. . River Valleys provided water and rich soil for crops as well as protection from invasion. . 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. . Chapter 3 - India. Indus River Valley Civilizations. I.) Indus River Valley Civilizations: also known by their two major cities: . Harappa. and Mohenjo-Daro that established around the fertile . Indus River Valley. 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.. Maroof. Raza. . GEOGRAPHY & KEY FACTS . The Indus originates in China on the Tibetan Plateau . Runs for 3,200 km across northern India and the length of Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi . The . Indus Valley civilization. flourished around 2,500 B.C. . in the western part of South Asia, . in what today is Pakistan and western India. . It is . often referred to as Harappan Civilization. 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 was located on the subcontinent of India located in what is now modern day Northern Indian and Pakistan. What are monsoons? . How did it affect the Indus?. Indus River Valley. This civ is still mysterious due to the fact that the writing has yet to be deciphered.. India is considered a “subcontinent” because of its size. It is actually a part of Asia. In the north are high mountains, the Himalayas and Hindu Kush. In the center is the Deccan Plateau.. Himalayan Mts.. Mr. Pentzak. Level One Individuals & Societies . Spring 2016. Name at least three things Mesopotamia had in common with Ancient Egyptian Civilization. We are about to study another ancient civilization. Make some predictions about this civilization (starting points: geography, religion, matriarchal vs. patriarchal, social structures, etc.) . Mr. Pentzak. Level One Individuals & Societies . Spring 2015. Name at least three things Mesopotamia had in common with Ancient Egyptian Civilization and Chinese Civilization.. We are about to study another ancient civilization. Based on what you have read about the Indus River Valley Civilization, what does it also have in common with the other civilizations we have studied? What are some things that made it unique? . Do Now: . Farmer’s 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.