MMW 11 Final: Final Review
11 Jan 2017
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Indus valley: aka harappan civilization, massive, homogenous, mysterious civilization. Bc no one has deciphered written language: largest of the ancient river civilizations, contemporaneous (existed at same time) of nile civilization, politics: 2 main cities w/ smaller in between. Cultural cohesion from political authority: baked bricks, same measurement system, stamped seals, stamped seals: engraved designs pictures. Natural powers: symbols of sexuality, fertility and longevity: economy: port cities like lothar. Evidence of surplus + affluence from trading. Male virility and female fertility: mysterious disappearance: hallmarks of civilization disappeared. Long-term irrigation: buildup of salt/alkine migration. Poor conservation, population movements, geological changes that. Harappa and mohenjo-dojo altered indus river: (cid:498)twin cities(cid:499) 2 main cities, as many as 35,000 citizens, similar size + identical city layout unchanged for 1000 years, significance: planning came first and then settlement. The great bath: evidence of surplus/affluence, no temples or tombs, central religious/ritualistic function (bc hygiene-purity) (cid:498)ritual purification pools(cid:499) Aryan influx: dominant theory of where they came from:
