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Warm Up• Explain the effect that geography has on a civilization and
use two specific examples to justify your claims.
• Why was writing usually a skill reserved for the wealthy and elite?• A. Religious law prevented the poor from learning to
write• B. Learning to read and write required a tremendous
amount of time• C. Poor farmers were not intelligent enough to read and
write• D. Only the wealthiest people in society needed to know
how to read and write
Ancient India & ChinaCivilization along the indus and yellow rivers
Indian Government• Mohenjo Daro• City Planning
• Standardization• Artifacts• Commercial Oligarchy
• Harappa• Population
Indian Culture• Dravidian language• Decipherment
• Warfare• Himalayan Mountains• Trade with
Mesopotamia
Indian Technology• Medicine• Plumbing and
Sanitation
• Clay Seals• Money & Property
• Pottery Styles• Immigration &
Collapse
Chinese Government• Chinese Dynasties• Xia & Shang
• Social structure• Population
• Warrior Nomads• Aryans in India
Chinese Culture• Religion• Ancestor worship• Oracle Bones
• Xia Dynasty• Origin myths
• Chinese Language• Ideographs vs.
Pictographs
Chinese Technology• Bronze & Iron• Other Crafts• Flood Control• Yu The Great
Lateral Thinking Puzzle• When she saw how the bones had cracked, she knew he was
going to die.
• How did she know and who was she?
• Clue: They were not his bones.