Mohenjo-daro/harrapa Flashcards
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- What is it that we do know about the harrapan civilization?
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- They depended on a successful agricultural economy
- Generated considerable wealth which caused social distinctions
- Specialized in labor and trade
1
Q
- Why is so little known about the harappan society?
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- There are two reasons
- the harrapan physical remains are inaccessible because they now lie below the water level
- lack of deciphered written record
2
Q
- What are some explanations for the decline of the harappan culture?
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- ecological degradation
- natural catastrophes
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Q
29.What does the fact that mohenjo-daro had city walls, a fortified citadel, and a large granary suggest?
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-served as centers of political authority and sites for the collection and redistribution of taxes paid in the form of Grain
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- How was mohenjo-daro designed?
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- very carefully planned and precisely laid out
- very grid like
