Essays Tagged: "Mohenjo-daro"

Comparison of Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization

the entire Indus area was a unified state. (Hawkes 1973:273). The two main sights were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, and they were the commercial and administrative centers. It is unlikely that there wer ... at they had a heirarchical social and political system, and had two main centers called Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.Concerning the social structure of the Harappan civilization their territories were gua ...

(11 pages) 218 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Indus Civilization.

m every crop that a farmer grew, a large portion of it had to be paid into public granaries. At the Mohenjo-daro site, there was a high loading platform above a lower spot intended for carts where the ... so used as a means of transport.Terracotta models of bull driven carts have been excavated from the Mohenjo-daro site, and it appears that these carts have changed very little over some 4000 years.It ...

(1 pages) 27 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Summary of the Ancient World.

iver rose and fell. The highest point, around 2000BC, was during the existence of two major cities, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. Those two cities made up a large part of the largest empire of that time. ... ryan invaders attacked them. The only survivors were civilizations down south that sprang up during Mohenjo-daro's peak period. Unfortunately these people lost their culture, when they merged with oth ...

(13 pages) 160 1 2.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

This is a comparision of the Dravidian and ayran civilizations of india and how they relate to pantheism and theism

ns of this highly developed and sophisticated urban civilization. By 2500 B.C. their main cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa were well established (Schultz). The Dravidians were a peace-loving agricul ...

(7 pages) 50 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Comparison and contrast of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley

such a large area, the entire Indus area was a unified state. The two main sights were Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro, and they were the commercial and administrative centers. It is unlikely that there wer ...

(6 pages) 63 1 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

A Global Perspective of the Ancient World: A Comparison of the Indus Valley Civilization to Modern Western Civilization. International Baccalaureate

Studies (2000). 31 May 2007 <http://www.harappa.com/indus4/el.html>.Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark. "Mohenjo-Daro: an Ancient Indus Valley Metropolis." Indian Archaeological Studies, University of Wisc ... (2002). 6 May 2007 <http://www.mohenjodaronet/ancientindustry.html>.Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark. "Mohenjo-Daro: an Ancient Indus Valley Metropolis." Indian Archaeological Studies, University of Wisc ...

(10 pages) 45 1 4.2 Sep/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Indus Valley Civilization was the first civilization to develop in South Asia. This civilization developed around 2500 BC, similar to when the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China were first established.

hich were located along the Ravi and Sutlej rivers. These two areas grew into major cities known as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. It was wise to create these two cities in similar form since they were the ... ation." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved Nov. 24 - 27, 2010Marshall John, "Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization" vol.3E. J. H. MacKay 1931"Indus Valley Civilisation" cultur ...

(7 pages) 16 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers