Ancient India Page 94-100
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Himalayas
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Is a large landmass that juts out from a
continent.
Monsoons
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The people depend
on the summer
monsoon for lifegiving rain.
Provides water for
crops
Hindu Kush
Indus
Ganges
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Indus River Valley
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Mohenjo
Daro
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The Indus River often floods during the
Monsoon Season,so when they planned Mohenjo
Daro they built it on high mounds of Earth.
Squares
Stores
Citadel
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They had a
functional sewer
system under the
brick streets of the
city that carried
away household
waste.
Pakistan
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Around that time Indus River Valley
farmers began to abandon their land. It
could have been famine, climate change,
an earthquake, or was it invaders from
the north.
“Noble”
Migrated
Nomadic
Aryans
“Highborn”
Moved
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The People of the
Indus River Valley
were no match for
the Aryan Warriors
armed with bows,
arrows , and axes;
also their horsedrawn Chariots.
Ganges
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They
learned to
make tools
and
weapons
out of
IRON
Vedas
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1. Priest –religious
traditions
2. Warriors –
Fought
3. Ordinary people
Worked
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Each Caste had a
special job and duty
to perform. People
had to stay in the
same caste system as
their parents. It got
more complicated as
it grew and too
many people were
in the same caste.