Essay On Indus Valley Civilization

Assignment #3 The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization between the 3300-1300 BCE and is located today in the northeast of Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of the three early civilizations of the Old World and the most widespread. In this essay we will discuss a general description of one of the Indus Valley Civilization city, the Mohenjo-daro. Then, we will compare it to the other types of cities we seen in Egypt and in Mesopotamia. Also, we will discuss whether the city fits into a “city state” or a “territorial state” and if does fit then explain why and if it doesn’t then explain why. If it doesn’t fit to any state, then we will describe the type of city we think it is. The Mohenjo-daro city was one of the five largest and famous cities in the Indus
Mesopotamian cities were built around distinct temples. Also, most of their people lived in a town/city. The cities of Mesopotamia had walls that protected them. However, Indus cities were not built around distinct temples or palaces. Their towns were planned more systematically and most of their people lived in small villages. However, they did had walls to protect their houses. Both cities had community baths and their houses were made of sun dried bricks or fired-dry bricks. The economy between Mesopotamia and Indus Valley depended on agriculture and trade. The difference between Egypt and the Indus Valley was that Egypt had a ruler, the pharoah that was in charge of the city, while Indus Valley didn’t. The weapons that each civilization had were made of bronze. Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus Valley had many differences between each other but the three civilizations made pottery, jewelry, and beads to trade them. At the end, each civilization was unique on their own living