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__** INDIA! **__     __ Location  __ - bordered by Arabian Sea and Bay Of Bengal/partly bordered by the Himalayas

__ Geography __-in the subcontient/high wall of mountains at the top including the Hindu Kush, Kara Korum, and Himilayian ranges/very mountainy with small ranges to the west and east called the western and Eastern Ghats.

__ Rivers __-Brahmaputa River--->flows to the Bay Of Bengal/Indus River--->flows from the Himilayians to the Arabian Sea(southwest)/ both carry water and silt for irrigation, which produces rich land for agriculture.

__ Enviromental Challenges __ -Yearly floods spread deposits of rich soil over a wide area/very unpredictable floods/rivers sometimes changed course/the cycle of wet and dry seasons brought by the monsoon winds was unpredictable. If too little rain, plants withered in the fields and people went hungry. If too much rain, floods swept away whole village.

__ Language __-Harppan language/written/found and stamps and seals made of carved stone used for trading pottery and tools/about 400 symbols in language/ impossible to decipher/ some symbols stand alone and others seem to combine with others.

__Culture__ -much unity in religion and culture between cities/many wooden and clay toys found/very few weapons found, suggested that conflict was limited/ animals found artifacts, toys, pottery, and small statues.

__Religion__ - rulers had close ties to religion/priests prayed for good harvest and safety from flood/modern hindu culture/had a major god named Shiva/war was very little conflict/animals were important part of their religion/don't know what the meaning of animals were.

__Time Periods__ -arrived by sea from Africa in 2500B.C./domesticated sheeps and goats/think they are from 7000B.C./about 3000B.C.

__ Architecture __-they made bricks out of clay and dried up mud/built strong leeves and walls for protection againest floods/constucted human made islands.

__Trading__ -traded gold and silver from Afghanistan/stone was crafted into jewerly from Persia and Deccan Plates.

__Transportation__ -boats on the river/trading began 2600B.C. and contniued 1000B.C.

__ History __-ended around 1750B.C./flooding and earthquakes destroyed the city/ and the building decayed

__Technology__ -buildings/wheel/pottery/boats(transportation)/knives/communtication

__Land__ -desert like/a little bumpy/very hot, but wet in some areas

__Climate__ -terrible winds called monsoons/they occur from Oct. to Feb./at June to Oct. they shift and go eastward

__Caste System__ -four main groups>brahmins(priests), Kshatriyas(warriors and kings), Vaishyas(traders and farmers), and Shurdras(laborors and artisan)./additional group is the Untouchables, they were the lowest and no one wanted to be one./Originated after the Aryan Invasion around 1000B.C./each person was put in a group and you couldn't get out of it/the groups were based on race or religion group you belonged to/many people were discriminated againest due to what class they were in/every individual had a Dharma or "duty" appropriate to his or her sex,caste, and job./In a myth, the caste system was created when the original man, Purusha, was sacrificed. The Brahmins came from his mouth, the Kshatriyas from his arms, the Vaishyas from his thighs, and Shurdras from his feet./f you had good karma and did good at yout dharma you can move up to a different caste system in your next life.