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Arch100
Module 9 - Coggle Diagram
Arch100
Module 9
D - Indus Civilization
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Neolithic
occupation by mobile people
wheat, barley, sheep, goats, cattle
Mud-brick architecture
copper appears
Mehrgarh I (7000-5500BC)
grain harvesting - sickles, blades set
Pottery by 6000 BC
Mehrgarh II (5500 - 4500 BC)
cotton appears
box-building - surplus storage?
A few burials with personal ornaments
long distance trade as far as Arabian sea
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Early Harappan Period (3500 - 2500BC)
Agriculture sites near rivers
Planned settlement, many walled
Road system
raised platform of mud brick - "citadel"
Cultural and ideological convergences:
Kot Dijian style, horned deity
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A - Africa
Great Zimbabwe
African Metallurgy
500BC (introduced from Asia, 1200BC)
Metals - Gold, copper, iron
Technology: mining, metal extraction, forging
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Schroda
farming, cattle raising village
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Great Zimbabwe
large town 1800 acres by 1300AD
18,000 people
rulers living in the hill complex
great enclosure
ivory, gold
Monolithic stone carving
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E - Indus Civilization
Mature Harappan Period (2500-2000BC)
Old Harappan towns destroyed by fire then rebuild
Harappan pottery co-exist with local style
rice appears
population living outside of city
seals depict domesticated Indian elephant
Special purpose sites/factories
uniform artifacts, city planning, architecture
standardized bricks (1:2:4)
standardized weights and measures
Mohenjo-Daro City
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Writing
seals, few tables with writing
brief inscriptions
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Political organization
major center, secondary centers
Late Harappan (2000 - 1700BC)
civilization disappear
reasons debated
could be foreign invasion
or plague
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