World History AP Part B Compare and Contrast Essay Ancient civilizations could be very complex or very simple‚ it depended on who ruled them and controlled them. Shang and Indus were very much alike in how they were built‚ but they were very different to in how the people in them lived. There are many similarities between ancient civilizations Indus and Shang. In these civilizations they had a good defense system. Shang’s capital city was surrounded by thick walls to protect them from attacks
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centercenter INDUS VALLEY CIVILAIZATION Submitted by: Fabiha Fatima Submitted to: SamiaUsmanSubmitted on: 16th October 2014 Submitted as: Regular Research Account Contents Introduction…………………………………………………….……………………..…...5 Location………………………………………………………….…………...……………5 Religion………………………………………………………….…………..…………….6 Languages………………………………………………………..………………..………7 Occupation……………………………………………………………………...………….8 Trade………………………………………………………………………...…………..…9 Architecture…………………………………………..…………………
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Indus And Vedic Civilisation There is much to be contrasted between the cultures of the Harappans and the Aryans. There are indeed a few points of similarities‚ but they are not of any significance. Why the points of contrast are more is primarily because of geographic location‚ economic activity and the religious practices followed by both the cultures. Far more important is the fact that the Aryans‚ with a plasticity of mind‚ made life vibrant; whereas‚ the Indus life looks more like stylized
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years ago there flourished in the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent a civilization which‚ derived its name from the main river of the region is known as the Indus civilization. From west to east the Indus civilization covered an area of 6oo kilometres‚ and from north to south of 100 kilometres. The first thing that strikes a visitor to an Indus site-be it Harappa or Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan ‚ Lothal‚ in India-is the town-planning. One finds the streets and lanes laid out according
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Indus Valley Art and Architecture Architecture: City planning: The overall layout of the Indus is based on a grid of right angles. Large streets run in straight lines in north-south directions and are crossed by smaller streets in an east-west direction. The large streets were 33 feet wide and smaller streets ranged from 9 to 12 feet in length. The division of space into separate blocks is seen not only in the layout of the streets but also in house plans‚ the designs on
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Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization was an intriguing and sophisticated ancient culture‚ with many highly advanced inventions in civil engineering. The urban planning in cities like Dholavira was quite superb and had to be because it held up to 20‚000 people. The people kept this urban district up with large limestone pillars that increased the aesthetic and functional integrity of their buildings. Dholavira had an intelligent water system with water flowing both above
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Early River-Valley Civilizations Food‚ shelter‚ fertile land‚ and trade were essential for early river-valley civilizations. Without food‚ shelter‚ fertile land‚ and trade early river-valleys where doomed for any future success in the land. Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ and the Indus Valley are examples of some early river-valley civilizations that relied heavily on its geographies and Mother Nature. For early river-valley civilizations in Egypt the Nile River played a crucial role. Without the Nile‚ Egypt
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The Indus valley civilization was the largest of four ancient urban civilizations Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ South Asia‚ and China. It was discovered in the 1990’s but most of its ruins remain to be excavated. The Indus civilization was huge; it covered from Mumbai (in Marashta‚ India) in south up to Himalayas and northern Afghanistan in north. The far west of the Indus civilization is as far west as Arabian Sea coast (in Baluchistan‚ Pakistan) next to the Iranian border. The east of that large civilization
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India India is a country in South Asia. It is the Seventh-Largest country by area and second-largest by population with over 1.2 billion people and most populous democracy in the world. Home to the Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires. Four major world religions‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism originated there‚ while Zoroastrianism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region’s diverse culture.
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Identify and analyze the criteria necessary for a community of people to be characterized as a civilization by comparing and contrasting how well the societies of the Indus River Valley and the Huanghe (Shang Dynasty) River Valley meet the criteria. Use the PERSIAN charts to guide your comparative analysis of these similarities and differences. The term civilization refers to a complex human society‚ in which people live in groups of settled dwellings. Growth and decline of civilizations depended
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