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…………………………………………..…………………
Premium Indus Valley Civilization
Chapter One: From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Name: Anapaula Lopez Date: Period: Questions/Main Ideas/Vocabulary Notes/Answers/Definitions/Examples/Sentences INTRODUCTION How long have human species existed? Human beings have some drawbacks Human beings have several distinctions Def: Paleolithic or Old Stone Age Evolution: Homo erectus Newest human breed: Homo sapiens sapiens Faced constraints Improvements Def: Culture (Migration)
Premium Human Evolution Nutrition
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
Premium Indus Valley Civilization India
Early Civilizations From 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose that historians to this day marvel at‚ the Egyptians‚ the Sumerians‚ the Indus River Valley people‚ and the Shang dynasty in China. They all had great accomplishments in government‚ and religion and inventions. While they had their own different civilizations many similarities arise‚ such as depending on the river and their polytheistic religions. They had very isolated civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians.
Free Mesopotamia Euphrates Iraq
a major civil culture‚ known as the Indus River Valley Civilization‚ made it to its climax in a region now known as South Asia. The Indus Valley Civilization was an enormous civilization that consisted of over 1000 individual varying settlements. The settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization spread through what is now all of Pakistan‚ sections of Afghanistan‚ and some parts of India. When archaeologists attempted to investigate the civilization‚ one key aspect that was never resolved was its mysterious
Premium United States Native Americans in the United States Roman Empire
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
Premium Indus Valley Civilization
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
Premium Indus Valley Civilization
More than 4‚000 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
Premium Indus Valley Civilization Mohenjo-daro
The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world ’s first great urban civilizations‚ existing from 3000 B.C.E to 1500 B.C.E. During their time they have contributed much to the history of the world through their influences on culture‚ religion‚ government‚ social structure‚ economy and technology. The Indus Valley Civilization was located along the river valleys of the Indus‚ Ravi‚ and Sutlej. In its spread‚ this civilization was bigger than the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations‚ stretching
Premium Indus Valley Civilization Civilization Indus River
The rise of civilizations began with the settling of nomads. It was the end of hunting and gathering and the beginning of agriculture based civilizations. Early civilizations commonly settled near bodies of water for resources‚ created a form of writing‚ established a form of government‚ developed a form of religion‚ and established a hierarchy system. All of these are common features in the history of the rise of civilizations. The government of early civilizations was commonly run by either a
Premium Religion Government Roman Empire