Anna+India

Anna Geography :
 * subcontinent containing India, Pakistan Bangolidesh
 * Wall of highest mountains (Hindu, Kush, Karakorum, Himalayan ranges)
 * Mountains seperate region from rest of the asian contenent
 * Mountains helped protect Indus valley from invasion
 * Large desert east of Indus valley protected
 * Indus and Ganges river formed flat fertile plain
 * Rivers link to sea
 * Indus flows south west from Himalayas and Arabian sea
 * lower indus valley occupied by thar desert
 * Farming possible in areas directily watered by the indus river
 * Ganges drops down from Himalayas and flows eastward across northern INdia
 * Indo-Gangetic plain-landswatered by rivers, streches, 1700 miles across north india.
 * Rivers carry silt, making rich land for farming.
 * Southern part of subcontinent-peninsula thrust south into indian ocean
 * center of Peninsula=plateau
 * Plateau framed by low mountain ranges called Eastern and western Ghates
 * Mountains stop moist air. Plateau=dry
 * Tropical land

Enviornmental Challenges
 * yearly floodings (Indus=unpredictable)
 * Rivers sometimes changed course
 * cycle of wet and dry seasons brought by the monsoon winds (unpredictable)
 * Little rain=plants whithered in fields/people went hungry
 * Too much rain=floods swept away whole villages
 * monsoons-seasonal winds.

Location:
 * Subcontinent of Asia.

Culture
 * uniformy in culture and religion
 * not great social divisions
 * few weapons
 * limited conflict
 * wooden toys
 * clay toys
 * prosporous
 * Harppan

Language/Writing
 * bilingual
 * Carved in stones