Examples of The Ancient Indus Valley
What are examples of Culture?
Indoor Plumbing and Seals
Describe The Summer Monsoons?
Warm and Rainy, winds blow from the India Ocean.
What are 5 aspects of daily life that were controlled by the caste system?
your job, who you could marry, clothes you wore, food you ate, and where you lived.
What are examples of Religion?
Hinduism and Reincarnation
Describe Winter Monsoons?
Dry and Hot, Winds blow from Mongolia over the Himalayas.
How do some of the key beliefs of Hinduism (Dharma, karma, and reincarnation) support the caste system?
Part of the Hinduism Beliefs. Rewarded through reincarnation for following the dharma having good karma.
What are examples of Economics?
Spices and Trades with China
Describe the Farming in the Winter?
Water had to be saved for irritation during the winter.
Why did the caste system last more than 2500 years and remain influential today?
It believed that everyone had some chance to move up caste during reincarnation.
What are examples of Political?
Kings followed Dharma and Theocracy
Describe the Farming in the summer?
Summer monsoon brought silt.
Name and describe three theories that historians believe led to the decline of the Harapan civilization.
War, River Moved, Trade stopped, disease, Famine
What are examples of Technology?
Great Bath and Sewer systems
Plant and harvest crops, fixed roots.
Explain the daily life of Summer Monsoon?
Collects water and damage to homes, loss of animals and plant life.