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AP World History Chapter 2

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Norte Chico/Caral
A region along the coast of Peru that possessed a highly-developed urban culture as early as 2500 B.C.E. Characterized by massive stepped pyramids and extensive use of cotton. Canal was the largest of some twenty five urban centers that emerged in the area at that time.
Image: Norte Chico/Caral
Indus Valley Civilizations
3rd millennium BC, Bronze Age Civilization; Elaborately planned cities, standardized measures, irrigated agriculture, early sewage and plumbing; good city planning, areas for surplus of food, written language, no temples kings etc., had a lot of land, no political hierarchy, was abandoned because of mass deforestation, low crop yields, famine, environmental deterioration, floods, etc. their influence continued even to this day (i.e. yoga). Important because it shows how we developed in our cities and economy. Wiped out completely by the Aryan invaders.
Image: Indus Valley Civilizations
Central Asian/Oxus Civilization
Present day Afgainistan. Large gates and walls. Social hierarchy. focal point for a "Eurasian-wide system of intellectual and commercial exchange.
Image: Central Asian/Oxus Civilization
Uruk
an ancient Sumerian city in Southern Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c. : exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script; majority of the people worked as farmers and others were potters, builders, traders, slaves, servants, priests, kings, and elders; Priest King Gilgamesh (tyrant governement)
Image: Uruk
Mohenjo-Daro / Harappa
the two main cities of India, known as twin capitals and both 3 miles in circumference; Means "Mound of the Dead Men"; The civilization of the Indus River at these two cities arose at about 2,500 BCE and ended with apparent destruction about 1,500 BCE. Six succesive ancient cities were built here.
Image: Mohenjo-Daro / Harappa

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