Warm Up• Explain the effect that geography has on a civilization and

use two specific examples to justify your claims.

• Why was writing usually a skill reserved for the wealthy and elite?• A. Religious law prevented the poor from learning to

write• B. Learning to read and write required a tremendous

amount of time• C. Poor farmers were not intelligent enough to read and

write• D. Only the wealthiest people in society needed to know

how to read and write

Ancient India & ChinaCivilization along the indus and yellow rivers

Indian Government• Mohenjo Daro• City Planning

• Standardization• Artifacts• Commercial Oligarchy

• Harappa• Population

Indian Culture• Dravidian language• Decipherment

• Warfare• Himalayan Mountains• Trade with

Mesopotamia

Indian Technology• Medicine• Plumbing and

Sanitation

• Clay Seals• Money & Property

• Pottery Styles• Immigration &

Collapse

Chinese Government• Chinese Dynasties• Xia & Shang

• Social structure• Population

• Warrior Nomads• Aryans in India

Chinese Culture• Religion• Ancestor worship• Oracle Bones

• Xia Dynasty• Origin myths

• Chinese Language• Ideographs vs.

Pictographs

Chinese Technology• Bronze & Iron• Other Crafts• Flood Control• Yu The Great

Lateral Thinking Puzzle• When she saw how the bones had cracked, she knew he was

going to die.

• How did she know and who was she?

• Clue: They were not his bones.