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Author | : Rebecca Kraft Rector |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2016-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1499463286 |
The earliest civilizations developed in fertile river valleys, where the conditions were right to support large, settled populations. This book tracks how social hierarchies, religion, culture, written language, technology, and more developed first in Mesopotamia and then independently in the Nile, Indus, and Yellow River Valleys. A timeline helps readers get a better grasp of what developments were happening simultaneously in different parts of the world. This title will give readers a real appreciation for the contributions of each of these influential civilizations.
Author | : Rosen Publishing Group |
Publisher | : Rosen Young Adult |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2016-07-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781477785522 |
The earliest stages of human history and civilization come alive in this intriguing and revelatory investigation of the evolution of humans, as well as the development of communities from our prehuman ancestors, such Homo habilis, to Homo sapiens. This engaging series focuses on cultural and technological developments throughout human evolution and culminates in an examination of civilizations around the Fertile Crescent.
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Publisher | : Social Studies |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : |
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ISBN | : 1575962519 |
Author | : Mortimer Wheeler |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1968-09-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521069588 |
This book discusses climate and dating of the Indus Valley civilization and Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes other contributions to the study.
Author | : Michel Danino |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 2010-03-12 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9351187748 |
The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as -Sarasvati' in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this river was rediscovered in the early nineteenth century through topographic explorations by British officials. Recently, geological and climatological studies have probed its evolution and disappearance, while satellite imagery has traced the river's buried courses and isotope analyses have dated ancient waters still stored under the Thar Desert. In the same Northwest, the subcontinent's first urban society"the Indus civilization"flourished and declined. But it was not watered by the Indus alone: since Aurel Stein's expedition in the 1940s, hundreds of Harappan sites have been identified in the now dry Sarasvati's basin. The rich Harappan legacy in technologies, arts and culture sowed the seeds of Indian civilization as we know it now. Drawing from recent research in a wide range of disciplines, this book discusses differing viewpoints and proposes a harmonious synthesis"a fascinating tale of exploration that brings to life the vital role the -lost river of the Indian desert' played before its waters gurgled to a stop.
Author | : Karl August Wittfogel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1963 |
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Author | : Bruce G. Trigger |
Publisher | : American Univ in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9789774243653 |
"An important scholarly contribution not only to the study of early civilizations, but also to archaeological theory. . . . It should be required reading for any course on ancient civilization." --Kathryn A. Bard, Journal of Field Archaeology
Author | : Jonathan M. Kenoyer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization presents a refreshingly new perspective on the earliest cities of Pakistan and western India (2600-1900 BC). Through a careful examination of the most recent archaeological discoveries from excavations in both Pakistan and India, the author provides a stimulating discussion on the nature of the early cities and their inhabitants. This detailed study of the Indus architecture and civic organization also takes into account the distinctive crafts and technological developments that accompanied the emergence of urbanism. Indus trade and economy as well as political and religious organizations are illuminated through comparisons with other contemporaneous civilizations in Mesopotamia and Central Asia and through ethnoarchaeological studies in later cultures of South Asia.
Author | : Benita Sen |
Publisher | : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 8179933288 |
Did you know that as many as 7000 years ago, people who lived in the Indus valley practised rainwater harvesting? Not only that, this smart green civilization also used sun-baked bricks, which was an effective way to use solar energy. Familiarize yourself with the fascinating ways of this ancient civilization as Teri, our time-travelling explorer, goes back in time, to the Indus Valley.
Author | : Hugh Chisholm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1090 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.