PPT-INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

3000 BC 1500 BC  In 1922 archaeologists found something exciting They found the remains of an ancient city called Harappa They found another city located 400 miles southwest of Harappa called MohenjoDaro Other ancient cities from the same period arranged in the same way have been found since Collectively this civilization is referred to as the Indus Valley Civilization sometimes the Harappan civilization This civilization existed from about 30002500 BCE to about 1500 BCE which means it existed at about the same time as the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations. Location. The Indus River Valley Civilization was located in present-day Pakistan and the subcontinent of India.. This civilization had two major cities located 400 miles apart: . Mohenjo. . Daro. and Harappa.. 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. . Or…..where did it all begin?. 1. Indus River Valley (physical). Modern day Pakistan (2500 to 1500 BCE). Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Advanced cities with indoor plumbing. Agricultural . society. Un-Deciphered . ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA. Oldest known civilization. Cradle of Human Civilization. Old Testament . Nebuchadnezzar. Ziggurat (right). Hanging gardens. Geography. This civ rose in the valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.. A DAY AT THE MUSEUM :. An interactive Educational Programme for Children . From Indus to India. Exploring Indus Valley Civilisation through the collection of National Museum, New Delhi. Hello!. My name is . Indus River Valley. Blue. Red. Unit 10. Beginning of Indus River Valley. The Indus River Valley Civilization started about 2500 B.C.E. . A. long . the south-western part of the Indus River. . The . largest city was Mohenjo-Daro, in present day . 4 River Valley Civilizations. Fertile Crescent – Mesopotamia. Tigris. Euphrates. Egyptian Civilization. Nile River Valley (upper and lower Nile). Indus River. Harrapan. Mohen-jo Daro. Hwang He . Yellow River later civilizations focused on both Yangtze and Yellow River. 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. Basic chronology. c. 3000 BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus. in what is now Pakistan . c. 2500 BCE: high point of the Indus Valley civilization. c. 2000 BCE: some Indus sites showing signs of decline. Unit . 4 . - . Geography of India. Preview. Mountains and Seas. - Indian is surrounded by two geographic features. There are mountain ranges to the north and large bodies of water to the south.. Rivers, Farming, and 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 . 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? . India is considered a subcontinent because of its size It is actually a part of AsiaIn the north are high mountains the Himalayas and Hindu Kush In the center is the Deccan PlateauWall of mountainsg