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 * Geography Home**
 * India, Pakastan, and Bangladesh as the Indian subcontinent
 * This is a wall of the heighest mountains in the world: The Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and the Himalayan ranges (separates reigion from the rest of the Asian contient
 * Mountains to the north and desert to the south
 * 2 rivers are the Indus and ganges river
 * Farming is only possibale in areas directly watered by the Indus
 * The
 * Indus and Ganges stretchs 1700 across northern Idia called the Indo-Gangetic
 * The penlsula is called the Deccan Plateau
 * Climate**
 * Seasonal winds called monsoons dominate India's climate
 * October to February, winter monsoons from the northeast blow dry air westward acroos the country
 * June to October the winds shift
 * Storms bring so much moisture that flooding often happens
 * In the summer their are droughts
 * Enviromental Callenges**
 * Unpredictable flooding
 * The river sometimes changed course
 * Monsoon winds were unpredictable
 * Earthquakes and floods destroyed the city
 * They used levees and platforms to be protected from floods
 * Time Period**
 * 7000 BCdomesticated sheep and goats
 * 3200 BC farming began
 * 2500 BC was their first city
 * Trading 2600-1800 BC
 * 1750 BC city started to fall
 * Technology**
 * Mad elevees to keep water out
 * Planed their cities and streets
 * Created plumbing system
 * Language**
 * Harappan language has been impossible to decipher
 * 400 symbols make up the language
 * Culture**
 * Social divions in the society were not great
 * Had to makes toys of wood and clay
 * Not much war
 * Animals were important put of life
 * The Indus Rivr allowed transportation for trade
 * Traded cotton