9/19/12 Farming and Emergence of Complex Societies * Farming and complex societies are the result of change * One of major changes is reflected in this frieze on a wall in Mesopotamia -reflects domestication of animals and plants – was a monumental change – resulted in a new way of living we know as farming – included pastoralism * Development of farming communities – a major change – started to be accompanied by a wall structure * Between about 12‚000 and 1‚000 BCE – Appeared independently
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Flourishing around 2500 B.C. a civilisation emerged on the plains and greater mountains of the Indus Valley. The civilisation known as the Harappan covered about 1‚000‚000km2 with two major urban centres of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. It has been suggested that the Harappans were one of the early archaic states along with Mesopotamia and Egypt. This has provoked a number of questions of whether or not the Indus Civilisation was the kind of complex society that is generally connected with the state. To
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INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION WHAT IS INDUS CIVILIZATION? An ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys Primarily in Sindh province of Pakistan THE CIVILIZATION IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS: Indus-Sarasvati Civilization Harappan Civilization MAJOR CITIES Harappa Mohenjo-Daro HARAPPA Harappa is a city in Punjab. Northeast Pakistan‚ about 35km (22 miles) southwest of Sahiwal. The modern town is located near the former course
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Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges River Valley (1500-500BCE)
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The Harappans and Sumerians are distinctly different politically. While the Sumerians developed the world’s first monarchy‚ the Harappans may have developed the first democracy. Very little evidence has been found of a king in the Indus Valley‚ only one white priest-king idol and a silver crown; not enough to establish that the "royalty" were the rulers. Instead the empire was divided into regions with half a dozen cities functioning as capitals and was governed by a group of people. Archeologist
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Was Harappan Civilisation in the Indus Valley a state-level society like contemporary Mesopotamia and Egypt? “It is time to view the archaeological data for what it is and not what one thinks it is” * Shaffer 1982 The above statement by Shaffer summarises my view that although there is a possibility of Harappan Civilization (3rd millennium BC) in the Indus Valley being a state-level society‚ like contemporary Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ the lack of concrete written and archaeological evidence
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region of India known as the Indus Valley. The Indus Valley Civilization and later‚ the Aryans - believed by some to have migrated to India from Europe and the middle East - paved the foundation of Hinduism through the influences of their cultures‚ early religions and social structures. Unfortunately‚ there is little to be said of the earliest inhabitants‚ the people of the Indus Valley Civilization because there still does not exist a decipherment of the Indus Valley Script. Based on loose interpretations
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southern ridge of Asia‚ is composed of a number of core regions that include‚ mountain ranges‚ river valleys‚ plateau‚ and fertile coastal plains. • Far north are the Himalayas- highest mountain in world • Rich valley of the Ganges River/ Indus • Deccan is a plateau that extends from the Ganges valley to southern tip of India. • Between 3000 B.C. and 1500 B.C.‚ the valleys of the Indus river supported a flourishing civilization • Harappa had 35000 inhabitants‚ and Mohenjo-Daro
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kept track of people and populations everyone had an identity. South Asian Religion Notes Week 2 Indus Valley Civilization • Largest of the great civilizations. There are almost no usable artifacts‚ many questions are not answered such as ones of language and economy etc • Collapsed and died out‚ no one really knows what happened to it • Situated in modern day Pakistan‚ by the Indus (Sindu) river • Harappa‚ one of the main remains of the civilization‚ Mohanjo-Daro (similar cities)
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in the country. Some of the most significant historical places in the country include Harappa‚ Mohenjo-Daro and Taxila. Harappa is situated approximately 200 km from Lahore in the Montgomery District of Punjab. It is the place of the historic Indus Valley Civilization settlement which is as old as 5000 years and is a civilization which the modern day people almost forgot about. A beautifully designed civilization which was discovered in 1920 has all elements of a modern day arrangement of a city
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