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Planned Cities on the Indus
The first Indian civilization builds
_____ on the banks of the Indus
River
The Geography of the
Indian Subcontinent
• Indian Subcontinent
– ____—landmass that includes
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
– World’s tallest mountain ranges
separate it _____
• Rivers, Mountains, and Plains
– Mountains to north, desert to east,
protect Indus Valley _____
– Indus and Ganges rivers form
_____—the Indo-Gangetic
– Southern India, a dry plateau
_____
– Narrow strip of tropical land along
coast
• Monsoons
– _____—monsoons—
dominate India’s climate
– Winter winds are dry;
summer winds ____
• Can cause _____
• Environmental
Challenges
– Floods along the Indus
unpredictable; _____
– Rainfall unpredictable; could
have _____
Civilization Emerges on the Indus
• Indus Valley Civilization
– Influenced an area larger than
_____
• Earliest Arrivals
– About 7000 B.C., evidence of
_____
– By about 3200 B.C., _____ in
villages along Indus River
• Planned Cities
– By 2500 B.C., people build cities
of brick _____
– Engineers create _____
– Indus Valley called ______ after
Harappa, a city
• Harappan Planning
– City built on mud-brick
platform to protect
against _____
– Brick walls protect city
and citadel—_____
– Streets in grid system
are _____
– Lanes separate rows of
house _____
Harappan Culture
• Language
– Had writing systems of
400 symbols; but
scientists _____
• Culture
– Harappan cities appear
uniform in culture; no
great _____
– Animals important to the
culture; toys suggest
_____
• Role of Religion
– Priests closely _____
– Some religious
artifacts reveals links
to _____
• Trade
– Had thriving trade
with other peoples,
_____
Indus Valley Culture Ends
• Harappan Decline
– Signs of decline _____
– Earthquakes, floods, soil depletion _____
– Around 1500 B.C., Aryans enter area and _____