Indus Valley Disappearance
The disappearance of the most advanced ancient civilization confuses historians and scientists to this very day. The Indus Valley Civilization was located in present day eastern Pakistan and northwest India and lasted from 5000 BC to 1800 BC. It was an ancient civilization that was advanced because it had natural air conditioning, cities that were like New York City at the time, and had an advanced sewage system that other countries took centuries to accomplish. However, at around 1800 BC the civilization disappeared. The thought that the Indus civilization disappearance was caused by flooding is a fascinating mystery that can be supported by the fact that something catastrophic must have happened and that mosquitoes were carrying malaria which was a deadly disease; even the counter argument can be challenged.
First, there is evidence that something catastrophic must have happened. A website article states, “would have had catastrophic effects on agricultural activity/ making the economy no longer sustainable and breaking the civic order of the cities.”(“Indus Valley Civilization”). …show more content…
According to a website, “Some evidence points that the decline of the urban areas was caused by mosquitoes that carried the disease malaria.”(“Indus Valley Disappearance”). This information is essential because it supports the thought that a mass flooding ruined the Indus Valley Civilization. It supports it because mosquitoes are usually attracted to bodies of water. A mass flooding would have caused so many mosquitoes to migrate there that the malaria disease would have spread throughout the mosquitoes that most of the population of the Indus Valley civilization would have died. The rest of them may have migrated to places like Thailand. There are even more reasons why a mass flooding could have killed the Indus Valley
The disappearance of the most advanced ancient civilization confuses historians and scientists to this very day. The Indus Valley Civilization was located in present day eastern Pakistan and northwest India and lasted from 5000 BC to 1800 BC. It was an ancient civilization that was advanced because it had natural air conditioning, cities that were like New York City at the time, and had an advanced sewage system that other countries took centuries to accomplish. However, at around 1800 BC the civilization disappeared. The thought that the Indus civilization disappearance was caused by flooding is a fascinating mystery that can be supported by the fact that something catastrophic must have happened and that mosquitoes were carrying malaria which was a deadly disease; even the counter argument can be challenged.
First, there is evidence that something catastrophic must have happened. A website article states, “would have had catastrophic effects on agricultural activity/ making the economy no longer sustainable and breaking the civic order of the cities.”(“Indus Valley Civilization”). …show more content…
According to a website, “Some evidence points that the decline of the urban areas was caused by mosquitoes that carried the disease malaria.”(“Indus Valley Disappearance”). This information is essential because it supports the thought that a mass flooding ruined the Indus Valley Civilization. It supports it because mosquitoes are usually attracted to bodies of water. A mass flooding would have caused so many mosquitoes to migrate there that the malaria disease would have spread throughout the mosquitoes that most of the population of the Indus Valley civilization would have died. The rest of them may have migrated to places like Thailand. There are even more reasons why a mass flooding could have killed the Indus Valley