Exam 2 Flashcards
(50 cards)
Where were Indus valley civilization located?
What is syncretism?
Cultural contact and assimilation of ideas
Where was Indus Valley located? (Monsoons)
Outside the monsoon belt
Where was the Harappan civilization located?
Indus valley of Pakistan and India
What was the climate like in Indus Valley?
It was warmer in the past
Was there agriculture in neolithic Indus valley?
Highly debated
What is Mehrgarh?
Earliest neolithic site in the Indian subcontinent
What were Mehrgarh burials like?
Buried in brick-lined tombs with baskets (lack of pottery)
What site had the oldest lost-wax technique artifact?
Mehrgarh
Where was the earliest evidence for cotton found?
Mehgarh
What age civilization was the Harappan?
Bronze age
What are the three phases of the Harappan?
Early, mature and late
What was Kot Diji (Harappan) known for?
A fortified city with defensive walls and a citadel
What types of settlements was the Harappan known for?
Villages and towns on the floodplain, beginning of urbanization
Was there evidence of centralized authority and leadership in early Harappan society?
Yes
What item was important when it came to trading in Mature Harappan?
Wheeled carts
Why were early Harappan sites hard to reconstruct?
They were buried under strata
What was local trade used for during the Harappan?
Exchange of crops from different areas
What are the three largest cities in the Harappan? (MHR)
Monhenjo-daro, Harappa, and Rakhigari
What kind of social order did Harappan cities have?
Harappa and Mohenjo-dara were occupied by middle class merchants and officials. (No temples of palaces)
Which is the largest Harappan city?
Mohenjo-daro
What was special about fired bricks?
Impermeable to water, required organization and bureaucracy
What was Monhenjo-daro city planning like?
Citadel with lower towns surrounding it
How was Harappa built?
A cluster of walled mounds within loosely built-up areas
