India and Persia

By iurgo

  • Biblyography

    To do my India and Persia timeline, i used the Socuial Studies textbook, pages, 128-129.

  • Indus River Civilization

    People began to settle in the Indus River valley about 3500 B.C. However, the civilation began about 2500 B.C. In the center of the civilization there were people very much like cotton workers. In the 1920's and 1930's, archaeologists uncovered several ancient cities in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan.

  • What We Know

    We know that they had a writing system. However, like the writing system of the ancient Nubians, we have not been able to decode it. Archaeologists also know that people famred and stored gran, worked with metal craftsand pottery, wove cotton, and traded and sold goods. People, also made toys and beads for jewelry. Statues that may represent gods and goddesses meant that they had religious beliefs.

  • Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

    Two of the cities uncovered, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were home to thousands of people. Artifacts tell us about how these people once lived. By 2500 B.C. the Harappan civilization was growing. Its culture had spread through much of the Indus Valley. Remains found at Mohenjo-Daro reveal complex architecture and city planning. The people used a system of weights and measures to build buildings and roads. Brick homes were laid out into grid system.

  • Where did Harappa Go?

    The Harappan civilization vanished suddenly at about 1700 B.C. Many archaeologists suspect this was because of a natural disaster such as, a monsoon, flood, or earthquake.

  • The Aryans

    About 1500 B.C. another group of people invaded the indus river valley, the Aryans. They crossed the Hindu Kush mountains from the north and went through the Khyber Pass before arriving in the Indus River Valley. The Aryans spoke Sanskrit, this was a different language than the other people who were living in the valley. While in the valley the Aryans lived their everyday life, herding cattle, sheep, and goats.

  • Aryan Developments

    The Aryans brought new technology with them, like the Hyksos who took power in Egypt in about 1650 B.C. The Aryans also rode Chariots pulled by horses.The Aryans soon developed towns and villages where they farmed and traded. The Aryans lest behind very few objects for archaeologists to find, such as pottery, jewlery, or ruins of buildings. What they did leave was literature and their main language, Sanskrit. For hundreds of years before their songs were written down they had to be memorized.

  • Persian Empire

    Cyrus II was believd to have founded the the Persian Empire. from 550 to 320 B.C. the empire stretched from the Mediterranean sea to the Indus River Valley. Persain culture was formed with the culture of Bablonians, Lydians, and the Egyptians. King Darius I, in who followed Cyrus, brought the persian empire to india.

  • War of the Persian Empire

    Even though war and bloodshed helped build the empire, historians suggested that Cyrus may have been a tolerant ruler. The development of roads and trade by the persians connected india with other lands in Cenntral Asia. India was no longer cut off by its northern mountains. South Asian culture technology, and people began to spread it to the rest of the world.