Harappan Civilization

Culture

Trade

Cities

Bleived in central governement

Harappa

Mohenjo-Daro

Gave the Harappan civilization its name

One of the civilizations's major cities

covered over 250 acres

These cities were the largest of their time

Planned cities

Harappans were the long ditance traders

Using boats

World's first wheeled vehicles

Trade network stretched over the mountains into Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq

Traded copper, gold, ivory

Used pictogram (way of writing), like the sumerian cunniform

Used stone cubes as standard weights and measures

This form of wriritng was on small items such as pottery, tools, and tiny square stone seals

Organised

Built with same layouts

Gaurded by defense walls

Bricks to build houses and wells

Homes had indoor plumbing with bathroom and toilets that empties into underground sewers