Sara+India

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 * Geography**
 * The land mass that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as the subcontient.
 * The highest mountains in the world
 * Hindu Kush
 * Karakorum
 * Himalayan ranges
 * Two rivers
 * Indus
 * Ganges
 * There is a peninsula that thrusts south into the Indian Ocean. In the middle there is a region called the decan
 * Yearly floods
 * Spreads rich soil over a wide area
 * There is a cycle of wet, dry seasons brought by the Monson winds was unpredictable.

Time Period **
 * 7000 B.C
 * Found evidence about domesticated sheep and goats
 * 3200 B.C
 * Feople were farming in villages along the Indus river.
 * 2500 B,C
 * People in the Indus valley starting building their first cites


 * Indius Cities **
 * Indus laid out their cities on a precise grid system
 * There was an area called a citadel, which contained the major buildings of the city.
 * The city ws partially bulit on mud-brick platforms to protect it from flooding. INside was a citadel which provided protection for the royal families.


 * Language **
 * The harappan culture developed a written language which we cannot decpiher yet.
 * There are about 400 symbols that make up this language.


 * Trade **
 * Traded with Afganistand andn other places
 * The indus river was very helpful getting to the other cities
 * Traded from 2600 B.C - 1800 B.C
 * They made different varitey of toys
 * Few people knew how to grow cotton, so cotton clothes were desired.
 * There were seals ( small placs with an animal on them and writing on top ) were good for identifacation


 * Enviromental Challenges **
 * Too much rain would end in horrible floods which destroy villages and farming.
 * Rivers changed course rarely
 * Flooding was unpredictable.
 * Earthquakes could change the course of the river and even destroy the cities just by themselves.
 * Too little rain plants would die, to much rain they could drown

** Culture ** **Religion**
 * Animals were a big part of the society
 * They were on pottery, statues, toys, and seals
 * Some were regular animals while others were beasts
 * There was bad housing
 * While egyptians were building pryamids, people in India were making mud-bricks to create the first cit
 * Houses were made out of mud-bricks platforms
 * Few warefare which meant limited conflict
 * Prosperous society were toys
 * Animals were very important to the community.
 * 80% of the population is Hinduism
 * 13% is Islam
 * Inter- religious marriage is not wildly practiced
 * The top eople were worshiped as stautes and they were worshiped in temples
 * They hold great importance for Indians, but there is no religious festivials
 * Hindus observation of rituals greatly vary among religion, villages and individuals
 * Muslims after five daily prayers at specific tiems of the day.


 * Agriculture **
 * Used to domesticated wheats and barely
 * Vegetariaism is much less common among Muslim and Christians
 * Hinduims like beef
 * Islams like Pork


 * Climate **
 * wide range of weather conditions
 * had three seasons
 * winter- january to febuary
 * summer- march to may
 * rainy season- june to sepetember
 * fall- october- to december