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1 Aug 136:04 PM Geography of South Asia South Asia is divided from the rest of the continent by 3 mountain ranges; Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and the Himalayas South of the mountains is a fertile plain created by two rivers the Indus and the Ganges Monsoons = Seasonal Winds that regulate Indias climate a. October May winds blow dry air across the subcontinent b. Starting in June the wind shifts and brings heavy rain to the subcontinent Aug 136:04 PM The environments impact on South Asia India's earliest civilization emerged along the Indus River Valley These people faced many of the same challenges that people in Mesopotamia and Egypt faced Yearly flooding of the Indus River fertilized the soil Problem: The flooding was unpredictable People living in the Indus River Valley had to deal with the wet and dry season caused by the seasonal winds or monsoons Aug 136:07 PM The mountains to the north and large deserts in the west helped to protect the river valley from invasion Indus River valley inhabitants did not remain geographically isolated ... these people developed trade routes with people (including Mesopotamia) Aug 136:09 PM River Valley Civilization of the Indus Often times referred to as the Harappan Civilization; named after one of it's 3 major cities that have been found, Kalinbangan, MohenjoDaro, and Harappa Accomplishments of the Harappan Civilization ***Historians know less about the Harappan Civilization than the other river valley civilizations because they have not yet deciphered their system of writing * City Planning Mesopotamian cities lacked planning, their buildings were connected by a maze of streets The Harappans used a grid system to plan their cities In the cities was a fortified area, called the citadel, which housed the important buildings of the city Cities had plumbing and sewage systems Aug 136:09 PM Harappan Culture and Trade Most likely there were not many social divisions in Harappan society a. Historians believe this because the housing showed little differences from one to the next Clay artifacts and children's toys have been found a. This suggests that they must have been prosperous to produce nonessential items Few weapons have been found a. This suggests that they rarely experienced military conflict Religious artifacts have been found, displaying the roots of Hinduism (representations of Shiva) Artifacts from other civilizations have been found in the cities of Harappa a. This suggests that the Harappans traded with civilizations in China and Mesopotamia Aug 136:10 PM Mysterious End to the Indus Valley Culture By 1750 BCE; the quality of Harappan buildings declined Some historians think that the Indus River changed its path which led to the decline of the Harappan civilization Other historians believe that invasions by Aryan tribes that ocurred at this time led to the civilization's downfall
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Geography of South Asia South Asia is divided from the rest of the continent by 3 mountain ranges; Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and the Himalayas
South of the mountains is a fertile plain created by two rivers the Indus and the Ganges Monsoons = Seasonal Winds that regulate Indias climatea. October May winds blow dry air across the subcontinentb. Starting in June the wind shifts and brings
heavy rain to the subcontinent
Aug 136:04 PM
The environments impact on South Asia
India's earliest civilization emerged along the Indus River Valley These people faced many of the same challenges that people in Mesopotamia and Egypt faced
Yearly flooding of the Indus River fertilized the soil Problem: The flooding was unpredictable
People living in the Indus River Valley had to deal with the wet and dry season caused by the seasonal winds or monsoons
Aug 136:07 PM
The mountains to the north and large deserts in the west helped to protect the river valley from invasion
Indus River valley inhabitants did not remain geographically isolated ... these people developed trade routes with people
(including Mesopotamia)
Aug 136:09 PM
River Valley Civilization of the Indus
Often times referred to as the Harappan Civilization; named after one of it's 3 major cities that have been found, Kalinbangan, MohenjoDaro, and Harappa
Accomplishments of the Harappan Civilization
***Historians know less about the Harappan Civilization than the other river valley civilizations because they have not yet deciphered their system of writing
* City Planning Mesopotamian cities lacked planning, their buildings were
connected by a maze of streets The Harappans used a grid system to plan their cities In the cities was a fortified area, called the citadel, which housed the important buildings of the city Cities had plumbing and sewage systems
Aug 136:09 PM
Harappan Culture and Trade
Most likely there were not many social divisions in Harappan society a. Historians believe this because the housing showed little differences
from one to the next
Clay artifacts and children's toys have been founda. This suggests that they must have been prosperous to produce nonessential items
Few weapons have been founda. This suggests that they rarely experienced military conflict
Religious artifacts have been found, displaying the roots of Hinduism (representations of Shiva)
Artifacts from other civilizations have been found in the cities of Harappaa. This suggests that the Harappans traded with civilizations in China and Mesopotamia
Aug 136:10 PM
Mysterious End to the Indus Valley Culture By 1750 BCE; the quality of Harappan buildings declined
Some historians think that the Indus River changed its path which led to the decline of the Harappan civilization
Other historians believe that invasions by Aryan tribes that ocurred at this time led to the civilization's downfall
