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4) While the Egyptians were building the great pyramids around 2500 BC, people in the northwestern part of India were laying bricks to build India's first cities. There were many beautiful and organized cities in this region, also known as the Indus valley, but one of the biggest and popular cities was the Harappa. If I were a citizen of Harappa, I would be living in city with streets running North-South and East-West like a grid. The houses would be built with bricks of similar size (just like the Egyptian Pyramids were built) in a carefully planned city. My everyday life would be calm and simple. I would be a farmer producing rice, wheat, barley etc. I may be also trading spices with Persia and diamonds with Rome. In this process of trade, if I wanted to send my boats to the Arabian Sea by water, I would have to travel about six hundred miles on the Indus River. As the Indus River flows towards the Arabian Sea, traveling to the sea would be a breeze. This is just one of the advantages of the location of the Harappa. For the growth of any civilization, farming is highly important. The mild temperature in this region promotes farming and cultivation of many varied cro
worked very hard on the fields of the land owners. They from the God's arms. The next group was the Vishyas. The (b) Confucius toward traditional family values- He believed that, in a family, there should be a good relationship between a father and a son, older brother and a younger brother and husband and wife. He believed that the good relationships would lead to harmony and peace. He also believed that good relationship between a ruler and the ruled would result in lasting empires and law and order in daily life. ps. The city of Harappa is located near the Indus River. The annual flooding of the Indus provided rich and fertile soils from the river, which in turn improved farming. The great Himalayas and the Hindu Kush provided protection from foreign threats like the barbaric tribes in the west. next group of people consisted of the craftsmen. They were all part of the social system. This division system was not from the mouth of God. This group consisted of the priests. This group of people consisted of slaves. They came from who worked for the army and the Government. The next 3) The Vedas are of great importance to Indians thousands of years ago and even today. The Indian civilization is based upon the caste system. This caste system was in tern based on the Rig-Veda. The Vedas told people of each group what to do. For example, A Brahman becomes a priest and a Kshatriya becomes a king. Vedas also explain the importance of each group and elucidate what their Dharma is. Without the Vedas, there would be no caste system. group of people were the peasants. This group of people
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