Water Systems and City Planning
In Harappan cities, almost every home had a ___________ room and ____________!
bathing room (bathroom) and toilet
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Name 2 Harappan cities
Harappa (Hahd-ah-pah)
Mohenjo-daro (Mo-hen-jo Dahd-o)
Banawali (Bah-nah-wah-lee)
Dholavira (Doh-lah-veed-a)
Scholars have deciphered the Harappan script (system of writing) True or False
The weights are made of _________ cubes of varying sizes.
stone
Historians believe that Harappans controlled and profited from the _________ _________ mines.
lapis lazuli
Name 2 artifacts found by archaeologists
Ancient Harappan civilization is mostly near modern day ___________ (country).
Pakistan
Harappans probably wore seals around their ___________ because there is a small hole at the top of each seal.
necks
Many of the Harappan weights were discovered near city gates. Archaeologists believe they were also used to collect _________ from merchants coming and going with their products.
taxes
"earliest public water tank of the ancient world"
The Great Bath
At its peak, Harappan society had a population of over __ million people.
5
The Harappan civilization was in North or South Asia.
South Asia
What metal was used by the Harappans to create sculptures.
Bronze
Archaeologists have discovered balance weights used on __________ throughout Harappan society.
scales
Archaeologists have found as many as seven hundred ____________ in Mohenjo-daro.
wells
Although there are many sites that have yet to be excavated, after nearly one hundred years of investigation of Harappan sites, archaeologists have found no clear evidence of the following (5 things):
Palaces
Monuments to individuals
Large Temples
Standing Army
Elaborate Tombs
Largest settlement/city of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Mohenjo-daro
Most seals are engraved with a small amount of writing and animals such as ... (name 2)
a bull, water buffalo, tiger, or rhinoceros
Large weights have also been found that show that the Harappans understood how to use _________________.
exponents
The raised mounds and walls in Harappan cities were built to protect the cities from
floods
Harappan civilization was at it's peak between 2--- BCE and 1--- BCE.
2500 BCE to 1300 BCE
Harappan society built cities along the ______ and ________________ rivers.
Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra rivers
What does the Dancing Girl sculpture tell us about Harappan society?
Harappan fashion and culture
(wearing bangles (ring-shaped bracelets) and a necklace. She has twenty-five bangles on her left arm and four on her right. She is holding an unidentified object in her left hand. Her long, curly hair is styled into a large bun resting on her shoulder. Her posture is confident)
Larger weights were likely used to measure the ___________.
Grain and or food supplies