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World History AUGUST 24, 2015
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Unit 1 Civilization Begins Lesson 8 Objectives Identify key physical features of the Indian subcontinent and early China. Summarize what archaeologists have discovered about early civilization in the Indus Valley and why their knowledge is limited. Describe the origins and structure of Chinese society and culture.
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The Indus River Valley The Indus River begins in the Himalaya Mountains, flows through Pakistan, and empties into the Arabian Sea. It annual floods and a warm climate allows farmers to harvest twice a year. Jackals, tigers, wild pigs, chickens, water buffalo, zebus and cattle, rice, banana, pepper, mustard, cotton, wheat, rice, and barley are crops and animals available in this region.
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Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro The Harappan people were successful farmers and builders. The cities were carefully laid out on a grid system with huge grain houses, a large citadel, and wall that protected the city. The people were excellent architects and engineers. Today’s historians are not able to translate the written language so there are still some mysteries about the civilization. It is believed that a natural disaster, perhaps an earthquake, drought, or overwhelming floods caused the people to leave their city. A new group of people moved into the region, the Aryans. Aryans were horsemen and herders from Central Asia. Probably due to war or natural disasters they left Central Asia and migrated to the Indus Valley. The Aryans are the ancestors of current Indians and Pakistanis. These people made a successful civilization and also depended on the Indus River. They also introduced new ideas to the region and their language, Sanskirt.
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Mohenjo-Daro
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The Yellow River Ancient Chinese people began building their lives and civilization depending on the Huang He River. The Huang He River is so full of silt that it looks yellow. The silt is a very fertile soil called loess. It originates in Bayan Har Mountains and empties into the Yellow Sea. Unmanageable floods have Chinese referring to the river that gave birth to their civilization "China’s Sorrow." The North China Plain, China’s major farmland is great for farming rice, millet and vegetables.
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Chinese crafts and dynasties The Chinese were excellent craftsmen. Beautiful artifacts have been found made of differently materials including strong stone, jade. The Chinese also discovered the silk worm. By raising the silk worms and uncoiling their cocoon, and weaving they made silk. Silk was a prized possession. Traders came from distant lands just to get it. China was ruled by dynasty – a line of rulers belonging to the same family. The Shang Dynasty ruled China for nearly 700 years. Archaeologists have dug up the ancient capital of the Shang at Anyang and several other cities. The Shang built palaces and cities with earthen walls around them. The people built the great city by direction of their king. Geographic features like the Himalaya and Gobi desert help keep China isolated and this helped them create a unique culture.
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