INDUS RIVER VALLEY5 Characteristics of Civilization

ADVANCED CITIES Very well organized cities that used a

precise grid system (just like Chicago!)

Major Cities: Harappa Mohenjo-Daro

ADVANCED CITIES What is a citadel?

A citadel is a fortified area that provides protection for major buildings, temples, and the royal family.

The cities of the Indus River Valley are all very standardized. This shows us that they had a strong and

centralized government that was well organized.

SPECIALIZED WORKERS

Bricklayers Scribes Merchants Bronze Workers

COMPLEX INSTITUITIONS Religion

Hinduism

Centralized Government Trading with other places:

Gold & Silver Semi-Precious Stones Traded with the Mesopotamian people

RECORD KEEPING We don’t know much about the written

language of this civilization because we haven’t been able to translate it.

Why can’t we translate it? No bilingual inscriptions have been found.

What does this mean about what we know about the civilization?

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY The Indus Valley is the first to have such

organized cities with an advanced plumbing and sewage system. Well planned, covered drains.

Had standardized bricks: same size and weight.