Harappan society
Which river valley was Harappan society developed in?
Indus river valley
When the Aryans entered India the practiced a limited amount of what?
agriculture
As the Aryans moved into India what developed there?
The caste system
Which African was the most prominent?
Egypt
What was Mesopotamia known as?
"The land between the rivers"
Why is so little known about Harappan society?
Their language has not yet been deciphered.
What type of economy did the Aryans depend on?
Pastoral economy
What laid the foundation for Hinduism?
Fusion of Aryan traditions and Dravidian beliefs.
Favorable geographic conditions enabled Egyptians to build an especially productive what?
Agricultural economy
During which millennium did human population rapidly increase in Mesopotamia?
fourth millennium
What was Harappan society known as?
"The gift of the Indus"
What are two things the Dravidian and Indo-European peoples did during the centuries after 1500 B.C.E.?
Intermarried and interacted
What determined your position in the caste system?
Birth
Climatic and geographic conditions were much like those of what region?
Sudan region
Which two river is Mesopotamia in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
Where did the Indus make agricultural society possible?
Northern India
What animal did not breed well in India?
Horses
Who was the chief deity of the Rig Veda?
Indra
After 9000 B.C.E. what did peoples of eastern Sudan domesticate?
Cattle
What was the population of Sumer by 3000 B.C.E.?
almost 100 thousand
What did early cultivators in the Indus river valley sow?
Wheat and barley
Why were horses valuable?
Their expense and relative rarity.
What did the caste system do?
Provided social and religious hierarchy.
After 9000 B.C.E. what did peoples of eastern Sudan become?
Nomadic herders
What attracted migrants from other regions to Sumer?
their wealth