1. 5.1 Indus River Valley

2. 1. Geography of India Large peninsula Surrounded by water on 3 sides
Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal

3. Separated from rest of Asia by Himalaya Mts.
Barriers to travel were Hindu Kush Mts. & Himalayas
Allowed India’s civilization to develop on its own

4. Contains 3 great rivers
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra

6. 2. Indus River Valley 2500 BC Harrappans settled near Indus River
River dominated their lives
Rich soil
Flooded often
-built dikes and dams
-built houses high
-used mud bricks dried by sun and kilns

7. Grew barley, wheat, dates, peas, melon and cotton
1st to grow cotton
Weaved it into cloth and dyed the cloth

8. 3. Cities Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro About 400 miles apart
Planned communities
Street grid
Shops
Houses
No windows
Opened to court yard

9. -buildings contained wells, bathrooms,
& drains (sanitation system)
-citadel (fortress)
-granaries

10. 4. Religion
Polytheistic
Female gods

11. 5. Information Not much is known about civilization
Can’t decipher written language
Most information found on jewelry (made of gold and lapis lazuli), tools, & weapons (made from stone & copper)
Seals made from soap stone
Government probably headed by priest-king

12. May have traded as far as Sumer
Changes in civilization begin to occur around 1700BC

13. 6. Natural Barriers Forced civilization to develop on its own
Thar desert
Hindu Kush Mts.
Himalaya Mts.
Arabian Sea

14. 7. Decline Reasons Exhausted natural resources -not enough food
used too many trees
Lost protection from floods
-Invaders