2) Indus River Valley Civilization

Question 1

8 Signs of Civilization

Answer 1

4 or more;

1) Surplus food
2) Cities + public works
3) Specialization of labor
4) Social stratification
5) Centralized government
6) Art and architecture
7) Writing
8) Shared values

Question 2

When was the Indus Valley Civilization?

Answer 2

~3500 BCE - 1300 BCE

Question 3

What rivers were the Indus Valley Civilization between?

Answer 3

Indus and Saraswati Rivers

Question 4

IVC: Cities and their characteristics

Answer 4

Harappa
Mohenjo Daro

Perpendicular streets - suggests zoning government
Dense, multistory homes - all had water and drainage
Plumbing system
The Great Bath - suggests shared values and sanitation
No monumental palaces found - suggests personal religion, may suggest un-royal leadership

Question 5

IVC: Writing System

Answer 5

Indus Script

Can’t read their writing

Question 6

How do know the IVC traded extensively?

Answer 6

Seals on goods (of monsters and writing)
Found in Mesopotamia

Bronze and cloth found in IVC must have come from elsewhere

Question 7

What was exceptional about the IVC?

Answer 7

They were likely pacifists

No weapons, like swords and spears
No signs of cities being burnt/razed

They had low wealth concentration

Homes roughly the same size, all had water/drainage access

Question 8

IVC: Downfall

Answer 8

1) Conquest (unlikely at this point in time)
2) Climate change and drought
3) Earthquakes (damage, change in sea level, change in water supply)

IVC peoples likely migrated eastward