1. Bellringer: Make the following ToC updates:
Page 17: Unit 1 Study Guide
Page 18: Quiz: River Valley Map, Meso vs. Egypt
Page 19: Notes: Indus River Valley
Write down your HW:
Read pages in your ANCIENT WORLD textbook (blue/green one)

2. Agenda 1) Bellringer 2) River Valleys Map/ Egypt/Mesopotamia Quiz
3) Indus River Valley Notes
4) Indus River Valley Map
5) Options:
Study Guide Stoplighting
Begin reading in your ANCIENT WORLD textbook

3. Indus River Valley
Harappan Civilization

5. Geography Major Cities: Harappa (a.k.a. Harappan civilization)
Mohenjo-Daro
Rivers:
Indus River
Ganges River
Mountains:
Himalaya Mountains
Hindu-Kush Mountains

6. (Sumer’s disadvantages)
Geography
Mesopotamia
(Sumer’s disadvantages)
Indus Valley
Unpredictable flooding
Monsoon rains
No natural defensive barriers
Himalaya Mountains
(the subcontinent)
No/few natural resources
Abundant stone and other precious rocks

7. Monsoons = destructive

9. Religion
Polytheistic
Priests

10. Accomplishments Pottery Sculpture
Architecture – purely functional (practicality over looks)
Neighborhoods were walled, narrow lanes separated houses
Drainage system
Cities built on grid system
Drains carried out waste water. (bathrooms had a drainage system)

12. A City Block

13. A City

18. Political
Many independent states, connected through trade and alliance.
Not a super strong central government

19. Economy Agricultural Economy Wheat, barley, rice, peas
Long distance trade with Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian textiles and food for Harappa copper, precious stones

20. Social More equality but still some stratification
We know its more egalitarian b/c all live in same kind of house
Some people are:
Landlords who helped to run the cities, Merchant Class, Priests

21. Why Don’t We Know More?
No translation of their writing!

22. Indus River Valley Map Page 42 in your textbook
Indus civilization is a mystery due to untranslated writing. It had planned cities, plumbing, and trade, and probably strong kings.

23. Traffic Lighting
Green Light or + = can define and explain the significance(why it is important) of the term
Yellow or 0 = can define the term but cannot explain its significance
Red or X = Cannot define the term
Yellow or O

24. Homework
Review: 1) Take Notes on Ancient China using the SPICE format p. 46 – 51 2) Begin Preparation for the Early Man and River Valley Civilizations Test on Tuesday.