systems. Borrowed many ideas from Mesopotamia. Massive walls of fried The Indus Valley Civilization borrowed many ideas from Mesopotamia Indus Valley Civilization: Built well planned cities with advanced sewer systems. Borrowed many ideas from Mesopotamia. Massive walls of fried brick defended by towers are strong evidence life was not peaceful.

toy bull made of clay Stone sculpture clay goddess figures Elephant They made most of their art of terra cotta (clay) but also sometimes worked in stone and bronze. They did not make large statues of their gods and there are no traces of temples. Elephant Seal made of clay Bronze Dancer 4.5 “ tall

The Harappan Civilization 3300 BCE - 2400 BCE

Citadel Of Mohenjo- Daro

Aerial View of Mohenjo- Daro

Wide View, Mohenjo-Daro

The Great Bath, Mohenjo-Daro

Bath Area, Mohenjo- Daro

Well, Mohenjo-Daro

A Main Street, Mohenjo- Daro

Granery, Mohenjo-Daro

pottery, Mohenjo-Daro

Bison Seal, Mohenjo-Daro

A Horned-God Seal, Mohenjo-Daro

A Male Head, Mohenjo-Daro Dravidian

A Priest-King, Mohenjo-Daro

Necklace, Mohenjo-Daro

Public Well, Harappa

Drain, Harappa

Unicorn Seal, Harappa

Female Figures, Harappa

Bull Figurine, Harappa

Elephant Figurine, Harappa

Burial Pottery, Harappa

Male Skeleton, Harappa

Female Skeleton with Child, Harappa

Undecipherable to date. Harappan Writing Undecipherable to date.

Geography of China CHINA Gobi Desert Indus River Himalayan Mt. Because of this the main stage of history has been on the continents of Europe and Asia sometimes called Eurasia because they are a part of one giant land mass. Even in this one area there were differences in the spread of technology based on how isolated people were and on how willing they were to accept new ideas.

The Yellow River

Yellow River Civilization

Neolithic Pottery 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE

Hsia Plaque, 1700 BCE

Bronze Age Empires

Shang: 1523-1028 BCE

Oracle Bones

Oracle Bones Calendar

The Evolution of Chinese Writing during the Shang Pictographs Semantic-Phonetics

Ceremonial Dagger – 1028 BCE Axe Scepter – 1100 BCE - jade Ceremonial Dagger – 1028 BCE

Shang Urn

Shang Bronzes

Ritual Wine Vessel – bronze, 13c BCE