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1. COMPARISON BETWEEN INDUS
VALLEY AND MESOPOTAMIA
CIVILIZATIONS.

2. Today we discuss:
 Introduction
 Location
 Town planning
 Religion
 Government
 Language
 Weapons
 Food and Farming
 Inventions
 Similarities

3. INTRODUCTION
 Indus valley:
• Indus valley civilization is also
known as harapan civilization.
• This civilization is flourished
around 4000 - 1000 BC.
• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were
important centers of Indus valley
civilization.
 Mesopotamia:
• Word Mesopotamia is a
combination of two greek words.
Meso means “In between” and
potamia means “River”.
• Here, the earliest cities in world
history appeared, about 3500 BC.

4. LOCATION:
 Indus Valley:
 The Indus River is located in Pakistan. Along this
river a civilization developed around 2,500 BCE.
It is called the Indus Valley Civilization.
 Mesopotamia:
 It is located within Fertile Cresent, between two
rivers “The Tigris & Euphrates River”.
 Now a days Mesopotamia is in middle east
areas.

5. TOWN PLANNING:
 Indus Valley:
• Cities are planned more systematically
& in grid planning.
• The people of indus valley civilization
are lived in small villages.
• There is a Great Bath, a large well and
Granary(storage Place) in each city.
 Mesopotamia:
• They have distinct palaces &
temples(ZIGGURAT) that were
dedicated to Gods/Goddesses.
• Most of people lived in towns/cities.
• They had walls to protect their cities.

6. RELEGION:
 Indus Valley:
• They worshipped to the Goddess of
fertile.
• There original religion was not found
yet.
• Some people said they are Hindus
other said they are Buddhist
 Mesopotamia:
• They belived that each city/town is
protected by each God/Godesses.
• Pyramid temples(ZIGGURAT) were
the connections between heaven and
earth.
• Every city had its own patron
God/Goddesses who owned city.

7. GOVERNMENT:
 Indus Valley:
• They have well oraganised
government.
• They have powerfull leaders, possibly
priest kings.
• They made sure all had steady supply
of food.
 Mesopotamia :
• Their cities are governed by the
assembly of adult males.
• Their King is the representative of
their God (called LUGALS).
• The king’s power is limited to
interpreting of God.

8. LANGUAGE:
 Indus Valley:
• Indus Valley language was not
understood yet.
• It is believed that the Indus Valley
people may have also written on palm
leaves or cloth but no evidence of this
has survived.
 Mesopotamia:
• Mesopotamian language was the
earliest known system of writing.
• Cuneiform = Mesopotamian system
of writing

9. WEAPONS:
 Indus Valley:
• Spears.
• The peoples of Indus Valley were very
peaceful as compared to
mesopotamians so weapons are
mainly use for agriculture.
 Mesopotamia:
• Arrowheads.
• Knives.
• Axes.
• Swords.
• Daggers.
• Clubs.
• Armors.

10. FOOD AND FARMING:
 Indus Valley:
• They grew melons, and general fruits
& vegetables.
• The people of indus valley also use
their crops as their food as well as
trade.
 Mesopotamia:
• They grew Flax and used it for oil, net,
cloth & food.
• Flax was the major crop in
Mesopotamian civilization.

11. Inventions:
 Indus Valley:
• Exact measuring & weighing system.
• Uniform size of bricks for all
construction.
• They mostly invents things for
agriculture.
• They introduced the sevarage system.
 Mesopotamia:
• Wagon Wheel.
• Arch.
• Potter’s Wheel.
• Sundial.
• 12 month calendar.
• Metal plow.

12. SIMILARITIES:
 Houses are made of sundried bricks in both.
 Both have small, side streets.
 In both civilization arrows was used and tools were made commonly of
Bronze.
 Economy of both civilization was depend on agriculture and trade.
 Also trade with each other and had their own boats.
 Both grew barley, wheet, dates, figs, and peas.
 Writing system & wheeled vehicles are used by both.

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