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    They carved into statues, tombs/pyramids, and walls. They developed an accurate calendar as well as created advanced ships and boats. The Indus River Civilizations used Indus script as a form of writing. These scripts were used to write epics, religious texts and documents. They could be used in local area languages or the official region language. The Indus people had pottery, sculpting, and painting skills shown from their remains. They worked well with wax, clay, and…

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    The difference in the society development between Mesopotamia’s, Egypt, China and The Indus Valley differs from each other because of many different reasons. One reason would be that the societies were up under different rulers and the people in the societies did not stay in the same place for too long. These cultures differ in so many ways because they all need different things to survive and stand on their own. In the society of Mesopotamia; ( meaning between rivers), they use their…

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    Date Civilization M,E,I, or C, Description (What it is and why it is important) 3500 BC M The first writing system is created. Over time it develops into cuneiform script 2300 BC M King sargon conquers the first empire in world history! 2100 BC M The city of Ur becomes the center of a powerful Mesopotamian state. Though it soon fell into collapse. This is when nomadic people started moving into mesopotamia. 1530 BC M The city state Babylon is conquered by the Kasstidites 1100 BC M Nomadic…

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    Civilization is an advancement state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry and government has been reached. The Indus Valley Civilization which is known as The Harappa Civilization was the most fascinating civilization. Unlike Egypt and Mesopotamia are famous with Pyramids and Ziggurats, Mature Harappa’s city uniformed with just well-fired bricks, sewerage systems and buildings. This Civilization rose between 2600-1900B.C. in the region that is now Pakistan and…

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    What Does Hinduism Mean?

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    roughly only two centuries old, which was constructed by the British during India’s colonial period. Hinduism stems from term “Hindu,” gained from the “Indus” River, formerly named the “Sindhu” river. Arabic speakers miscomprehended the word “Sindhu” as “Hindu,” and it’s true the word “Hindu” was a geographical reference to the people who lived along the Indus river. This river was…

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    Indus Valley Seals Essay

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    Introduction During 2000 BC the Indus Valley was alive with trade. This area flourished economically as it was a hub for many surrounding areas. Throughout history a vast and diverse amount of artwork has been unearthed within the Indus Valley. In particular an art form known as Seals. Seals served many purposes during the Indus Valley Civilization. However one major purpose of Seals were their ability to represent local economic and political powers. This research paper serves the purpose to…

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    Mauryan Empires

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    large empires, with one of them being the Mauryan Empire, and develop a society that still has influence on present day India. India became involved in the battles of the sixth century B.C.E. Persian invasion, by the emperor Darius, reaching into the Indus Valley and Kashmir around 513 B.C.E. Though the Persians did not reach any further, contact between India and Persians allowed for the exchange of administrative techniques on how to rule large tracts of land and huge numbers of people. Also,…

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    They first became evident in three specific locations (from 3500 B.C.E to 3000 B.C.E.) in Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Nile River valley, and Norte Chico. • Following this, the next three specific civilizations emerged. By 2000 (to 1,200) B.C.E, the Indus Valley, China, and The Olmec had all appeared. 2. What accounts for the initial breakthroughs to civilizations? • Civilizations were rooted in the Agricultural Revolution. Large societies couldn’t have been supported otherwise; it was up to man…

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    have been born in the highlands of what is now Guatemala around 4000 years ago. Mesoamerican societies are special in that they are one of very few societies (Mesoamericans, the Syro-Palestinians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Chinese, and people of the Indus valley) to have independently created a written and spoken language. All other languages, including English, take their foundations from the languages of those…

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    well-developed system of writing with pictures for each word, they left their life stories behind to be interpreted. Most of these scripts however, revealed little about their lives, but instead gave a glimpse into something even more significant: that there was large amounts of trade and communication between the two countries, approximately 600 miles away from each other. Indus seals were found all over Sumerian ruins, and vice versa. This is important because it shows how advanced the world’s…

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