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Post by Gregory Hewett on Nov 15, 2011 12:31:27 GMT 5.5
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Respond to the following questions to the best of your abilities.
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having monsoons?
2. What evidence suggested that Harappan civilization was prosperous?
3. What enlightening questions do you still have about Harappan culture?
4. What do you think the "Great Bath" was used for in Mohenjo Daro?
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Post by hoseong on Nov 16, 2011 12:03:28 GMT 5.5
1. There are many advantages and disadvantages when having monsoons. An advantage of the monsoon is that crops have a lot of water which allows them to flourish. A disadvantage is that people could get injured or killed because of flooding. Furthermore, flooding can lead to buildings and crops getting destroyed.
2. One piece of evidence is that in the ruins they have found toys and jewelry which showed they had more than just basic necessities. They also had large public building like the bath in Mohenjo-Daro. They even had a sewage system with toilets in nearly every house. Also, they traded with other civilizations, such as the Mesopotamian Civilization. The Harappan civilization was very prosperous.
3. One of our questions is, “Did they have a religion that they created?” Another question is, “did they have any burial ceremonies?” Our last question is “What government were they unified under and were there laws for their civilization?”
4. I think the Great Baths in Mohenjo-Daro were used for two reasons. The first reason is that they probably used it for cleanliness. It was public bath where people cold bath and become clean. It was also used for religious reasons. Like a bath place for their gods or something similar. The great baths were probably very important in Mohenjo-Daro.
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Post by sigapi on Nov 16, 2011 12:05:57 GMT 5.5
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having monsoons? A pro for having summer monsoon is that the rain comes with monsoon waters the crops, which helps farmers produce surpluses. The disadvantage is that monsoon also brings several floods that may destroy property. 2. What evidence suggested that Harppan civilization was prosperous? Indus River people lived in burned brick houses, and their own writing system. This was a sign that the Harppan people were had developed that Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of the ancient civilization. The Harppan civilization had planned houses and also had sewers for toilets. Harppan cities were spread across an area about 500,000 square miles. Architects surrounded cities with heavy brick protective walls. Streets were crossed in a neat grid. 3. What enlightening questions do you still have about Harappan culture? Did Harppan culture have remarkable buildings that crumbled away? Or did their religion have links with other religions?
4. What do you think the "Great Bath" was used for in Mohenjo Daro? The great bath might of been used for religious rituals. Although archeologists did not identify temples or specific gods but they found evidence that they had religion because there was a huge public bath for religious rituals. These rituals may have been similar to Christian Baptism, it included bathing in water to wash away bad sins.
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Post by joy on Nov 16, 2011 12:08:06 GMT 5.5
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having monsoons? There are many disadvantages and advantages in monsoons. One of the advantages is, when it rains during monsoon season, the rain will cause the crops to grow better which feeds more people. The disadvantage about having a monsoon is that because of all the rain many rivers will severely flood or dry up.
2. What evidence suggested that Harappan civilization was prosperous?
In the Harrapan civilization mysterious forms of writing covered stone seals in ruined cities that indicated types of trade goods that they had. The city was 500,000 square miles n size and twice as big as Texas now. People used standard weights and measures which were made of bronze and clay toys. This shows that they could afford more than basic needs. Indians also traded timber, ivory, and beads. Mesopotamians sold the Indians silver, tin, and wooden cloth.
3. What enlightening questions do you still have about Harappan culture?
If the historians other civilization writing, why can’t they figure out Harrapan civilization writing? Why did mysterious form of writing cover stone seals?
4. What do you think the "Great Bath" was used for in Mohenjo Daro?
Mohenjo Daro was a huge public bath. It was also for religious rituals. For example, Christians, they use the water for cleansing their feet. This bath was big enough to fit lots of people in, hence they would have to cooperate.
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