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You now know the Five Characteristics of Civilization! Pick one topic we are studying in the Indus Valley Civilization and explain how it relates to one of the Five Characteristics of Civilization! So, in order to get CREDIT you must:
1) Identify and DESCRIBE a topic from the Indus Valley Civilization
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44 comments:
The advanced irrigation systems that the Indus Valley people created relate to the Characteristic of Civilization Surplus Crops. It relates to this because the irrigation system allowed water to be given to plants easier, meaning there could be more plants with less laborers, overall incresing the amount of crops produced every year.
- Katie A.
They Indus Valley civilizations had a bureaucratic government because with the caste system it separated the job classes. There were priests, teachers, kings, warriors, farmers, etc. Therefore, there isn't one person doing all of the work.
-Chloe K.
The Indus Valley civilization had a great example of division of labor in there cast system. their cast system consisted of the Brahmas that were priest and religious figures. The Sharia are all royal figures. The Vasha who do the farming and trading of the country. And lastly the Sudra which are the untouchables.
-Clint R.
The Indus Valley civilizations used many people for different tasks. Some had to build great cities, such as Harapppa and Mohenjodaro. Other people, instead, were farmers or domesticated animals. This is an example of division of labor.
-Jake S.
The writing that was found in Harappa and Mohenjo-Darois in ancient India relates to the characteristic of civilization Written Language. THis allowed people to communicate and record things, although we have not not deciphered these writings.
-Bethany H
The Indus Valley people had surplus crops because in Harappa the farmers kept enough grain to feed the entire population in store houses.
-Sarah S.
The farmlands in the Indus Valley surrounding Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro that were used for crops (and raising farm animals)and also the store houses in Harappa that contained enough grain to feed an entire population would be an example of the ability to produce surplus crops.
~Jaime O.
The indus vally civilization during the mauryan empire there was a very large army that helped them dominate most of india. The army had a task and that was to conquer and with the large numbers in the army the labor in conquering was divided. That is an example of divison of labor.
-Michelle K.
An example of written language would be Indo-Aryans Vedas that were written in Sanskrit.
-Jacob G.
The Indus Valley people were big in jewelry and metal working. Many people commonly created pottery and other arts as well, and this can be an example of division of labor.
- Sarah G.
The Indus Valley people built complex buildings. Those buildings were very sophisticated in architectural technique and design. This is an example of division of labor within the Indus Valley civilization.
-Brittany K.
The Indus Valley people created strong central fortresses called citadel which were built on a brick platform. This would be an example of divison of labor.
Candace C.
The drainage system, wells, and water storage system are an example of division of labor. This is because mostly the lower class has to do dirty jobs like these and construct and maintain these things. Many untouchables had to do jobs that worked with the drainage systems because no one else wanted to.
The organized city "blocks" that were aligned geometrically with the compass rose was an example of the division of labor to build those "blocks" lower untouchables did the labor while more superior castes was designing and planning the work to be done.
-Kyler F.
The Indus Valley Civilization had seals with words inscribed on them. Even though many archaeologists do not know what they are used for, they know the words were inscribed in them for a purpose. The seal demonstrates the Written Language portion of the 5 characteristics of Civilization.
~Caroline L.
Each city-state in the Indus Valley was ruled by a person called a raja. These were usually a prince or a king and they usually did this so one person did not have to govern/control all the city states at one time. This is an example of a bureaucratic government.
Jason P.
The city of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley civilization provides best example of Division of labor. The planning and designing of wide streets, water system, and the impressive building made of brick shows us the division of labor in this civilization.
Ish B.
The city of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley civilization provides best example of Division of labor. The planning and designing of wide streets, water system, and the impressive building made of brick shows us the division of labor in this civilization.
Ish B.
The Indus valley's seals, small tablets, ceramic pots and more than a dozen other materials show their writing system. It has between 400 and as many as 600 distinct Indus symbols.
-Jeff Y.
The religion of the Indus Valley people was very simple. Their system of beliefs is thought to be very simple. They had no temples, religious works, or holy shrines. They had very primitive beliefs.
-Daniel C.
Most (pretty much all) of the people from the Indus Valley region were Hindu. This can be proven when taking a look at the caste system, especially at the top of the system. This is the Brahmins, they were considered to have united their Atmen with Brahma. This shows that the people and leaders of the Indus Valley people were Hindu.
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~ Stephen G.
In the Indus Valley Civilization there are great examples of geography. Southern India is separated by the Vindhya Mountain Range. The southern half of southern India is very hilly also, because of this people that lived in Southern India north of the Vindhya Mountain Range mostly the same language. The people that live in southern India south of the Vindhya Mountain Range ended up speaking 100's of different languages. This is an example of Geography, which is one of the six elements of culture.
The Indus Valley civilization represents division of labor well due to tasks being catagorized and split between higher and lower classes such as a low class job of cleaning the sewers to a high class job such as priesthood or scholar
~ Christian T.
An example of written language in the Indus Valley was the decorated Seals they used. the language is not yet deciphered but we can still get a good idea about the civilization. many contained bulls and elephants.
Makena S.
An example of written language from the Indus Valley Civilization is the Ramayana, and this is because it was a written story containing their language along with a very long story.
- Mitch Kedzior
The raja, or the prince/king of the Vedic Age city-states, is an example of bureaucratic government. They were the ones who were tasked at ruling their city-state, protecting it from invaders and keeping the city prosperous.
~Tim M.
The flood control, irrigation projects and traders are all forms of division of labor, where not one person is doing multiple jobs.
-Charlie M.
An example of written language from the Indus Valley civilization is the system of weights and measures developed by Harappans.
The Vedas is a great example of a written language. It was written in Sanskrit and was the was a great literature in the time period. It shows us much of what we know about the Indus-Valley civilization.
-Jake K.
The gods and values the people of Ancient India had are a loose form of Bureacratic Government. Each god represented something; for example, there were nature gods. They were responsible for the seasons. Also, the important values such as doing your Dharma and avoiding Maya to get good Karma are each doing thier jobs by keeping the Hindus in line, so they won't be chaotic and will have a sense of purpose in life.
~Molly J.
The Indus Valley civilization showed Division of Labor using the caste system.They had the Brahmins or priests all the way down to the Pariahs or untouchables.
Erin O
The Great Bath House in Mohenjo had multiple floors built into the ground, above the bath itself, which required a great divison of labor.
-Jason S.
The urban planning of the Cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are both examples of Bureaucratic Government, as the land distribution and plumbing systems were kept in perfect order. The government was the only authority with the power to make the cities run as smooth as it did.
-Quinn S.
An example of written language from the Indus Valley Region is the Mahabharata. It is one of the major Sanskrit epics, the other being the Ramayana. The Mahabharata is also the longest Sanskrit epic and its largest version contains almost 1.8 million words.
--Matthew S.
The houses and sewage systems at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro showed division of labor. The untouchables might have had many of these jobs.
-Ross H.
The Indus Valley people were able to produce surplus crops in that they learned to irrigate their land and control floods. Another characteristic of civilization found in the Indus Valley is the idea of written language that came from the pictographs that supposedly were created in 2300 B.C. the Indus Valley was the cite of the two great cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. These cities had complex street systems that were built by using the division of labor.
Grace C.
The vedas is an example of a written laguage it was written in Sanskirt, the Vedas is a book filled with ancient Hindu hymns and other prayer related items.
-Nate K.
the Ajanta Caves that the Buddhists started creating as a copy of Buddhas cave which held a permanent record of his enlightened thoughts and beliefs is a perfect example of written language in Ancient India seeing as how they were writting down and record r=events and thoughts and situations that happened at that time.
-Payton E.
that equals sign id not supposed to be there.....
-Payton E.
The Indo- Aryans were originally nomadic hearders, later they became farmers. This is an example of surplus crops because they made crops for themselves and others.
-Alli S.
The Indus Valley civilization had a form of written language called Sanskrit which was used in both the epics called the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as well as the Vedas, written by the Indo-Aryans from the Vedic Age.
- Mitchell C.
In the Indus Valley Civilization, they had the caste system. This is an example of division of labor because it is dividing people by their social class. The caste system divides people by their abilities, and what jobs they can and cannot do.
-Melanie H.
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