Indus Valley Civilization (7 feb 3300 año aC – 9 mayo 1300 año aC)

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Civilization Requirements:
Surplus production - being able to feed the people lets you build cities
Specialization of labor - trade
Social stratification
Centralized government, shared values (often in religion and writing)

5000 years ago civilizations were associated with river
Why river valleys?
Flat, well watered, floods brought nutrient-rich silt

Indus Valley civilization
Located in the flood plain of the Indus and sarawati rivers
Rivers flooded twice a year

Flourished at around 3000 BCE
Traded with Mesopotamians
Trade cloth for bronze, used seals on their goods

Largest ancient civilization
Over 1500 sites had two major cities: Mohenjo and Harappa
Made of dense, multistory homes constructed out of bricks perpendicular to the streets
Built to catch wind to cool homes
Had a drainage system that carried waste and water in sewer ditches that ran under avenues
- implied there was government but has an unknown authority
Peaceful- barely any weapons and no evidence of war

Around 1750 BCE the civilization declined
Why?
Possibilities:
Over run by Caucasus
Environmental disaster
Major earthquake changed the river course so tributaries dried up

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