TERMS

• Grid System- Organized method of planning the layout of a city (Philadelphia)

WARM UP/REVIEW

1. Describe how Ancient Egypt dealt with their natural, environmental problems.

2. Evaluate how what happened in the New Kingdom relates to a modern day world issue.

3. Compare/Contrast Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt using the Top-Hat method.

INDUS RIVER VALLEY

INDUS RIVER VALLEY

• Unpredictable yearly floods created deposits of rich fertile soil• Too little rain=starvation• Too much rain=floods would

wash away villages

• People had to deal with the cycle of wet and dry seasons brought by Monsoons

• Protected from invasion by Mountains and Desert (Natural Barriers)

• Lasted until 1500BC when Aryans invaded

ADVANCED CITIES

• Over 100 settlements along Indus• Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro,

Kalibangan

• Grid System Planning• Buildings made of

oven baked bricks cut in standard size• Cities also featured a

Citadel which contained major buildings

TECHNOLOGY

• Plumbing and sewage systems• Most houses had

private bathroom & Toilet

• More advanced than some cities in the late 1800’s!

• Writing system but has not been deciphered

SPECIALIZED WORKERS

• Workers included sanitation worker (sewage system), brick layers, merchants & government employees

COMPLEX INSTITUTIONS

• There was a well organized strong central gov’t• Evident by cities

construction

• Stable Economy- traded with Mesopotamia• Religion links to

modern Indian Culture• Polytheistic• Cow was sacred- basis for

Hinduism

RECORD KEEPING

• System of writing not yet deciphered

REFLECTION

1. Explain why the Indus River Valley is a Civilization?

2. Complete Graphic Organizer3. Compare/Contrast Egypt, Mesopotamia, and

Indus River Valley