There are a number of things about these cities that make them standout; running water and sewage system many millennia before the current era being two examples. I my mind the two most astounding things are there was no evidence of a standing army and no evidence of slavery.
Mohanjo-daro and Harappa
The Indus Valley Civilization had good wells.They had good sewer systems and waste water flowed out to the drains located under the streets and than was carried to the sewer pits beyond the city walls.The Indus Valley Civilization end probably because of predictable floods that destroyed the civilization.The Indus Valley Civilization unique because the cities were planned out before they actually built.The education in the Indus Valley was oral, and the writing was done on bark and sometimes leaves.The wife would usually teach within the house, they would also be the ones to teach about religious morals and practices.
Mayan civilization
The Inca civilization had the largest empire in the Americas prior to European colonization. The most famous cities of the Inca civilization were Cuzco and Machu Picchu. Cuzco was the capital of the Incan empire.
They had large cities and great civilization
After about 1900 B.C.E.,the great cities of the Indus River valley disappeared. some scientists believe that hostile invaders were to balm. According to this idea, fierce warriors swept in from central Asia and destroyed the local civilization.
the cities of indus valley civilization are harappa , mohanjodaro
The Indus Valley civilization had the ancient cities of Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro.
harappa and lothal
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The presence of well-planned cities accurately describes the Indus River Valley civilization. This civilization was established in about 2500 BC. they were a very practical cilvilazation
Farmers provided food and labor for the cities.
The Indus Valley Civilization was a highly urbanized civilization. As a result there was a large section of the population that was not directly involved in agriculture but instead relied on the farmers in the rural areas for their food, a pattern which is consistent with cities today. In the absence of any scriptural evidence it can only be presumed that the Indus Valley Civilization had trade relations with places as far as Mesopotamia. - Excavated materials in Mesopotamia suggest that they might have had trade relations with Indus Valley Civilization by a sea route since some of the seals have pictures of boats. It can also be suggested that there was trade taking place because the resources required by the civilization were located over a large area. The Indus Valley Civilization people might have used weights and other measures so some of the artifacts discovered seem to be objects used for weighing. An interesting feature is that the weights appear to be based on a multiple of sixteen systems, a system which continued in India until the metric system was adopted. -
Although this limited outside contact, it is known that the early Indians used the Khyber pass through this range to communicate with other civilizations. In the future, groups would use this same pass to invade India. Two major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization have been discovered: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
The Indus Valley Civilization demonstrates as a place where human settlements organized into cities, did invent a system of writing and supported an advanced culture.
Because one of the first cities was called Harappa.
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A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture is evidence of an organized government in The Indus Valley Civilization