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Environmental change has had a major impact on both the rise and the fall of the Indus civilization. It all started with plate tectonics. When the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate and began subducting, the Himalayas rose. This, in turn, provided water sources in the forms of monsoons, glacier runoffs, and the redirection of rivers. The environment also kept the Indus civilization going strong for many years by providing alluvial soil (sometimes two harvests per year!) and protection from enemies. The Indus people were protected by the Himalayas from the north, the Indian Ocean and other bodies of water to the south, and various other mountain ranges to the east and west. In fact, the only easy route into modern-day India is through the roads in the Khyber Pass. However, the environment also caused the fall of the Indus civilization in multiple ways. For example, Old Kingdom Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus civilization were all near the same latitude, which means they have similar climate conditions. Therefore, all three civilizations we going through a huge drought. Trade stopped, so the civilizations' economies collapsed. In addition, in the Indus area, massive tectonic events were occurring. These events cut off the source from the Saraswati River, causing it to dry up, and also changed the path of the Indus River. When this happened, the Indus civilization, dependent on the now-absent rivers and monsoons for water, had to adapt, move, or die. Some evidence shows that they moved to the Ganges River area. In these ways, environment and climate affected the rise and fall of the Indus civilization. | Environmental change has had a major impact on both the rise and the fall of the Indus civilization. It all started with plate tectonics. When the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate and began subducting, the Himalayas rose. This, in turn, provided water sources in the forms of monsoons, glacier runoffs, and the redirection of rivers. The environment also kept the Indus civilization going strong for many years by providing alluvial soil (sometimes two harvests per year!) and protection from enemies. The Indus people were protected by the Himalayas from the north, the Indian Ocean and other bodies of water to the south, and various other mountain ranges to the east and west. In fact, the only easy route into modern-day India is through the roads in the Khyber Pass. However, the environment also caused the fall of the Indus civilization in multiple ways. For example, Old Kingdom Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus civilization were all near the same latitude, which means they have similar climate conditions. Therefore, all three civilizations we going through a huge drought. Trade stopped, so the civilizations' economies collapsed. In addition, in the Indus area, massive tectonic events were occurring. These events cut off the source from the Saraswati River, causing it to dry up, and also changed the path of the Indus River. When this happened, the Indus civilization, dependent on the now-absent rivers and monsoons for water, had to adapt, move, or die. Some evidence shows that they moved to the Ganges River area. In these ways, environment and climate affected the rise and fall of the Indus civilization. | ||
| − | Sources: India video notes and manual pages 148-151. | + | http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/images/c_indus_map.jpg |
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| + | This is a map of the area around the Indus Civilization. | ||
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| + | Sources: India video notes and manual pages 148-151. The picture came from [http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/indus.php] | ||
-Courtney Jacobs | -Courtney Jacobs | ||
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Environment has had an impact on all civilizations throughout history, specifically, India has been impacted by droughts, monsoons, and storms. The most popular environmental impact in India is monsoons. The people in India find the monsoons to be a gift from the gods, telling them that water will come again and the crops will be harvested. A less popular climate change is the droughts, the droughts make the crops impossible to grow.
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Environmental change has had a major impact on both the rise and the fall of the Indus civilization. It all started with plate tectonics. When the Indian plate crashed into the Eurasian plate and began subducting, the Himalayas rose. This, in turn, provided water sources in the forms of monsoons, glacier runoffs, and the redirection of rivers. The environment also kept the Indus civilization going strong for many years by providing alluvial soil (sometimes two harvests per year!) and protection from enemies. The Indus people were protected by the Himalayas from the north, the Indian Ocean and other bodies of water to the south, and various other mountain ranges to the east and west. In fact, the only easy route into modern-day India is through the roads in the Khyber Pass. However, the environment also caused the fall of the Indus civilization in multiple ways. For example, Old Kingdom Egypt, Sumer, and the Indus civilization were all near the same latitude, which means they have similar climate conditions. Therefore, all three civilizations we going through a huge drought. Trade stopped, so the civilizations' economies collapsed. In addition, in the Indus area, massive tectonic events were occurring. These events cut off the source from the Saraswati River, causing it to dry up, and also changed the path of the Indus River. When this happened, the Indus civilization, dependent on the now-absent rivers and monsoons for water, had to adapt, move, or die. Some evidence shows that they moved to the Ganges River area. In these ways, environment and climate affected the rise and fall of the Indus civilization.
This is a map of the area around the Indus Civilization.
Sources: India video notes and manual pages 148-151. The picture came from [1]
-Courtney Jacobs
