Harappan Society
This is the city system designed in the society
What is a grid-like city system?
These are the mountains the Aryans used to travel through to establish new civilizations
What are the Hindu Kush Mountains?
The most important Veda
What is the Rig Veda?
This is the type of farming the Bantu people were known for doing throughout Africa
What is slash-and-burn?
One of the most important inventions to the human race that is still used today
What is the wheel?
Fertility
What was a strong concern in Harrapan religion?
These people were pastoralists until migrating to India
Who were the Aryans?
In Aryan religion Varuna taught this to people, mainly children
What is morals and/or honesty?
Besides the slash-and-burn techniques the Bantu speaking people also spread these skills
This is what caused Mesopotamia to have a prosperous trade and overall agriculture, it also made it difficult for them to be attacked without notice
What is geographic location?
Ecological degradation was a major cause of this
What was the cause of decline in Harrapan society
The Aryans still relied on Pastoral Economy in India so they still kept and prized these two animals
What were herds of cattle and horses?
The Aryan people had to make this many sacrifices to keep their gods satisfied
What is 5 sacrifices?
"Archaeologists have discovered soups, beef ribs, pigeons, quail, fish, bread, cakes, and fruits among those offerings"
What are tomb Gifts and Funerary Customs in Ancient Egypt?
This meant that Mesopotamia had effectively defeated other areas and incorporated them into their realm
What is an Empire?
Harappan society had high expertise in this form of tool and weapon skills
What was Metallurgy?
The Vedas help to indicate had a _____ society
What was boisterous?
By performing all of their rituals properly, the Aryan's were rewarded with this bovine treasure
What are abundant herds of cattle?
This is what happened when early societies of Egypt and Nubia traded with other societies such as Mesopotamia and others
What is cultural diffusion?
This is what caused the threat which caused Mesopotamian cities to build defensive walls and organize military forces. It also caused a need to recruit, train, equip, maintain, and deploy military forces created another demand for recognized authority.
What was the problem with the storage of accumulated wealth in Mesopotamian cities?
By about 1500 B.C.E these has almost entirely collapsed
What are Harrapan cities?
This book enforced a Patriarchal society where women had no power
What was the Lawbook of Manu?
This is what the religion believed often happened after death
What is Transmigration and Reincarnation?
This enabled Egyptians to build an especially productive agricultural economy that supported a powerful state
What are favorable geographic conditions?
This is a famous set of laws that defined crime and punishment and were written down for all to see
What was Hammurabi's Code?