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Indus River
city states Harappa partially built on bud-brick platforms to protect form flooding
both lived in brick houses and many had three floors
people of Harappa planted a wide variety of crops
they aree literate people
Mohenjo-Daro
only civilization th have a private bathroom
located in the larkana distric of dindh, pakistan
larges city n the acient indus vally
citizens fo lived on a simple farm means hhe hill of the dead
Geography
total rain fall 5-20 inches
soil is good for farming
stretches across isix countries
ti borders mountains and the Arabian Sea
total lengt of the river is 1,976 miles
Culture
constructin of modern canal allows cotton sugar can and wheat
matjor defoerest sstation pollution
Indus River fees the ecosystem of temperate forests planes and arid country side
longest and most important river in Pakistan and on the Indian Sub continett
used for traidi gn and irrigation
provides key lwater resources for Pakistan
governed by trading not military might governed around trading not around military power
Mesopotamia
means between teh rivers in greek
joining of tigres an euphrates
land very fertile due to rain andn rivers and streams flowing from the mountain
southern is make up of marshy areas nd wide flat infertile plains
also called the fertile cresent
Iraq, Syria Lebanon Cyprus Jordan Palestine Kuqait the Sinai Peninsula Norher Mesopotamia
culture
songs were written for the gods
music was to make rulers laugh
each city had a god
hunting was popular
women rarely acted as indiiduals
most brought up to be wife, mother, and housekeeper
women are condidered ready fo rmarriage right after puberty
irrigation
annual floood unpredictable
farmers didn
t know when to plant or how much flooding would ensue
many droughts
hart to water crops when this happens
6000 bc irrigation canal were made
workers unclogged canals and built dams to hold back flood waters
history
characterized by constant warfare and sucession of shifting empire
flow into the Persian Gulf
Babylon capital of the ancient Mesopotamia
cities
often ruled by a king or governor intimately tied the the religious views
Eridu Bad-Ibira Larsa Sippar Shuruppak
no forest for wood
used mud for bricks plater crumbled easily
few mountains
built mud walls around villages for protection
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