Pakistan and Bangladesh
Early History
New Countries, Ancient lands
New Countries, Ancient lands
• Pakistan and Bangladesh are both developing
countries and are striving to make their way to
the modern world.
Early History
Early History
• Pakistan held one of the largest civilizations.
• Indus valley civilization started in 2000 B.C.
• They were the most advanced civilizations of
their time.
Early History
Partition and war
• The end of the British rule brought the
partition, or division.
• Partition caused wars between Muslims and
Hindus
Early history
Military rule
• Pakistan fights with India over Kashmir.
• Governments are corrupted
• The country is having struggles becoming
developed due to the partitions and
indifferences between religions.
Early history
Military rule
Struggling Economies
Substance farming
• People of Pakistan struggle to grow enough
crops.
• Government encourages the modern way of
growing crops but farmers prefer the
traditional way.
• Most productive areas are irrigated parts of
Indus valley.
• Main export is jute used for rope, carpets and
industrial-quality sacks
Struggling Economies
Small industry
• Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are not
industrialized.
• Most factories are relativity small.
• Lack of resources and markets for expansions.
• Has introduced microcredit, it allows small
businesses to work together.
One Religion, Many People
Religion in the region
• Most people at Pakistan and Bangladesh are
Muslims. In both countries Islam Is an
important unifying force.
One Religion, Many People
Islamic culture
• The faithful observed Islamic culture, these
cultures, included daily prayer and
participation in Ramadan.
• Ramadan is a month long period of fasting
from sunrise to sunset.
One Religion, Many People
Ethnic Diversity
• Pakistan is also more ethnically diverse than
Bangladesh.
• Pakistan has five main ethnic groups.
Punjabis
Pashtuns
Sindhis
Seraikis
Modern life and culture
Love of poetry
• Many Pakistan's memorize long poems and
can recite them by heart.
• The greatest literary figure in Bangladesh is
the poet kahindranath Tagore.
Modern life and culture
Music and dance
• Music and dance are also important forms of
expression in Bangladesh and Pakistan is folk
music of various types.
• they are popular in rural areas.
Modern life and culture
Music and dance
Vocabulary
• Indus valley civilizations- an ancient civilization
that flourished in the Indus river valley from
about 2500 to 1500 B.C. extensive
archaeological excavations at the main sites of
moneojo-daro and Harappa in Pakistan.
• Partition- the action or state of divinity or
being divided into parts.
• Kashmir- a former princely state in south west
Asia adjacent to India, Pakistan, sin kiang, and
Tibet; sovereignty in dispute between India
and Pakistan since 1947.
vocabulary
• Microcredit- the lending of very small
amounts of money at low interest especially
to startup a company or self employed person.
• Entrepreneur- A person who organizes and
manages any enterprise especially a business
usually with considerable initiative.
• Ramadan- the ninth month of the Muslim
calendar