Download - Indus valley 2012
IMPORTANT REMINDER: While Africa takes pride for having
produced one ancient civilization which is that of Egypt’s Nile Valley, Asia takes pride for having produced not just one but THREE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS. This means that Asia is the BIGGEST birthplace of OLDEST CULTURES OF HUMANS. Is that something to be proud of?
QUESTIONS: 1) Where was Asia’s third ancient civilization? 2) Which country/countries now
occupies/occupy this site? 3) Was there an earlier or Neolithic village
even before the Indus Valley civilization? 4) Which two ancient cities were excavated to
prove Indus valley civilization? 5) Using G-R-E-S-A-S-A-W, how did the two
cities differ from each other? What were there similarities?
6) How did the Indus Valley civilization end? 7) Which is best: Sumer civilization, Huang Ho
civilization or Indus Valley civilization? Why?
QUESTION NUMBER 1:
Where was Asia’s third ancient civilization?
• Ancient Indus Valley civilization
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
QUESTION NUMBER 2:
Which country/countries now occupies/occupy this site?
QUESTION NUMBER 3: Was there an earlier or Neolithic village even before the Indus Valley civilization?
ANSWER:
MERGARH- somewhere west of the Indus River (Baluchistan, now part of Pakistan). The people in Mergarh engaged in agriculture, sheep raising and making cereals. Their houses were made of clay bricks.
QUESTION NUMBER 4:
Which two ancient cities were excavated to prove Indus valley civilization?
ANSWER: HARAPPA AND MOHENJO DARO
MOHENJO DARO AND HARAPPA (ANOTHER LOOK)
QUESTION NUMBER 5: Using G-R-E-S-A-S-A-W, how did the two cities differ from each other? What were there similarities?
GOVERNMENT:
Both were ruled by priest kings.
RELIGION: Their religion were animism and
polytheism. They worshipped many gods some of which were animals like the very revered BULL.
ECONOMY: AGRICULTURE was their main economic activity. They hade excellent irrigation system.
EVIDENCE OF MOHENJO DARO’S AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
Wells from afar Wells from near sight
EVIDENCE OF HARAPPA’S AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
RICE GRANARY WELLS
STRATIFICATION: Their social classes were the ruling
class who lived inside the citadels; the farmers and traders lived outside citadels. Some slaves live with their masters.
ARTS: Both had pottery and jewelry making.
ANSWER:the city had two planned areas (1) the citadel which is usually found in the western region, elevated of 40 feet with fortress walls surrounding. In the citadel, there you find the rice granary, marketplace and public bath. (2) city proper which is lower in elevation where the house are the same and built against the street. The streets are done in grid pattern.
EVIDENCE OF BRICK ARCHITECTURE OF MOHENJO DARO
Public bath Narrow streets
MOHENJO DARO/S CITADEL
MOHENJO DARO’S WIDE VIEW OF CITADEL
EVIDENCE OF HARAPPA’S BRICK ARCHITECTURE
Block houses citadel
HARAPPA’S ARCHITECTURE
Crafts area Gateway and fortress
WRITING: PICTOGRAM
HOW DID THE INDUS CIVILIZATION END? 1) ECOLOGICAL FACTORS (floods,
deforestation) 2) violent earthquake and volcanic
erruption 3) Invasion of outsiders such as
the Aryans
The saddest ending? The cities were abandoned and buried in mud.
QUESTION: Which one is BEST?
Sumer civilization? Huang Ho civilization? Indus civilization?
VALUING QUESTION: Which one and biggest one thing from
ancient civilizations that our present civilization does not treasure?
SLAVERY