By: Khalid Esmail, Luke Hetrick, Claudio Duhanxhiu,
and Muhammad Gowher
● Located in Pakistan/India
● On the Indus river
● Good farming increased population
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The civilization rose in the Bronze Age
The civilization rose in about 2700 B.C.E.
They fell in 1900 B.C.E
They lasted for about 800 years
● The Brahmins are the highest place in the government. They are
priests and religious scholars.
● The Kshatriyas are the second highest form of government. They
are rulers and warriors.
● Trading was very important because without trading people would
have to all the jobs instead they can trade for what they want.
● They traded many stuff like barley, cotton, melons, peas, rice, sesame
seeds and wheat.
The Indus river’s economy Continued
● Geography affected the trading system because some people can’t
farm in the cold weather and no one can trade with other people..
● Their economy was separated because everybody had different jobs.
● The Indus River Valley Civilization believed in Hinduism and Buddhism
● They also believed in Karma (don’t get silly on us) and Dharma
● First civilization to have weight and measuring system (stone weights)
● First civilization to have a sewer system for waste
The Indus River Civilization had writing like:
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prayers
hymns
religious rituals
philosophies
vendas was their way of writing
Some of the civilization’s art is
● statutes for religious beliefs
● beads to show how they dressed up
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The civilization had a weight and measuring system
Had carts and boats for transportation
Had the first sewage system
Mud brick houses
Irrigation system
Clay brick roads
Some architects of the indus river civilization was
● the great bath which was a pool made of waterproof bricks
● A sewage system made for carrying waste away from homes
● their citadel which was a fortress built to protect the civilization
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History alive! : the ancient world Wendy Frey; John Bergez; Amy Joseph;
Teachers' Curriculum
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