Aim: How did the culture develop in the Indus Valley Civilization?

Smartboard lesson 

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Do Now: Make a comparison chart between Mesopotamia and Egypt using FAID.
Mesopotamia Egypt
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Notes:

Caste system - a system set up by the Aryans to group people in society by occupation.

polytheistic - religious belief in many gods.
Twin Cities: Mohenjo Daro and Harappan - set up in a grid pattern
Religion: people were polytheistic
sacred animal were bulls

Mother goddess- most Harrapan gods were female

Merchants and Trade

Coastal regions - traded copper, cotton, ivory, pearl, grain. Boats made it all the way to Mesopotamia.

Most people were farmers first people to cultivate and weave (cotton) fibers into cloth.
Caste System - division of occupation
Priest

warriors

merchants/artisans/farmers
servants/labourers

untouchables - Dravidian- "non people" original Indus people