Aim: How is India a victim of it’s geography?

Do Now: Feast or FamineCan you give an example of this phrase

applying to something in your life?

PoliticalThe people of the Indus River valley had a strong

central government.There is architectural evidence of large urban

centers in Harappa, Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan, and Lothal in India.

In total 1,052 cities and settlements have been found.

Municipal planning – all the streets were laid out in a grid system

There was a high priority placed on Hygiene.

The World’s First Urban Sanitation System- An

example of a bathing platform.

Economic• There is evidence that a large trading

network existed between these cities because of the dockyards found along the riverbeds.

• They were the first to develop a sysytem of weights and measures , which are indispensible in trade.

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Religious• The religion of Indus is unknown. No site has certainly been

identified as a temple. • Similar to the cultures of ancient Middle East, it appears

that the Indus religion recognized some type of life after death. Indus people carefully buried their dead in wooded coffins with their heads facing north and the feet pointing south. Included in the graves were pottery jars containing food and weapons for use in the afterlife.

What do these two facts about the people of Ancient India suggest?

Social • There is no evidence of

palaces, temples or of kings, arm ies or priests. What we do know is that many people were either traders or artisans.

Art

Pottery and Jewelry

Interaction- With their geography• Settled by the river- Indus River

Pre-Monsoon Post Monsoon

India

Group Work- The class will be split into two sections… You will each be given a short article to read concerning climate changes in

India. Question: What is the challenge

being faced by the People in India?

Demise of the Indus RiverConsidering how advanced this

civilization was, why is your theory on why it ended so abruptly?