Indus River Valley
The Indus River Valley The people in the Indus River Valley followed the same set of rules and had very organized cities which allowed them to live for 1000 years. The Indus River Valley took place in India. India was east of the Fertile Crescent and had two large cities. India was 900 miles long and 250 miles wide. Some reasons why a great civilization between 2500 B.C – 1500 B.C thrived there was the advanced nature of arts, science, religion, and culture. One reason why a great civilization thrived there was the arts that they had. In the Indus River Valley there were craft makers. They made jewelry and decorated pottery. Games in India at this time were made out of stones. The men at this time worked at a farming place or crafts place. They either made pots or jewelry. The men also were running the country as their job. The sons of the fathers had to learn what their father was doing and the generation was being passed down. The potters in the city of Mohenjo Daro made their pottery from wheels not from their hands. The seal makers in this city usually put animals or people as a design on the seals. There was also the economics that was a reason. People started to trade and live in larger groups. They traded food and raw material for making things. Pottery, jewelry, gold, and wood were also traded. Decorated pots were often traded along the Indus River. Towns near the coast often became trading towns because they were the closest to the water where there were boats to trade things. Another reason why a great civilization thrived there was the sciences they had. The people in the Indus River Valley had baked mud bricks. With these mud bricks they made shelter, drains, wells, walls, and cities. This was brick technology. In India there was a lower town and upper town. In the lower town there was a large walled area of small houses that were all similar. Ordinary people lived here and worked around here. There was also