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- Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ... '''Harappa''' or '''Harappan Civilization of the Indus Valley''', in reference to its first excavated ci...
5: [[Image:Indus Map.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of the Indus Valley Civilization]]
7: ... of modern-day [[India]] and [[Afghanistan]]. The Indus Civilization is among the world's earliest civili...
9: ...e been found, mainly in the general region of the Indus River in Pakistan.
11: ...dried up, running parallel and to the east of the Indus. The dried-up river beds overlap with the [[Hakra... - Indus River (3223 bytes)
1: ...of the river vary between 2900 and 3200 km. The [[Indus Valley Civilization]] had some of the earliest ur...
3: [[Image: Indus.jpg|thumb|300px|The Indus River in northern [[Pakistan]], near the rock Aor...
7: ...r]]. The remainder of its route to the sea is in plains of the [[Punjab]] and [[Sind]], and the river...
25: The Indus is one of the few rivers in the world that exhibi...
27: The Indus is, by volume, the largest ''exotic river'' (one ...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
6: ...ld as writing itself. Seals of this nature were applied directly to the face of the document or attach...
8: ... and is not a forgery. To seal a letter, for example, a letter writer would compose the letter, fold ...
18: [[Indus Valley Civilisation]], rectangular seals were use...
23: ...ons have official seals, and they often have multiple seals in different sizes and styles for differen...
29: ... adhere to. East Asian paintings often bear multiple seals, including one or two seals from the artis... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...ntries as more civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Thus some cultural...
8: ... the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ...different culture"; but class as "uncultured". People lacking "culture" often seemed more "natural", a...
12: ... (philosophy)|authentic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[...
14: ...ties produced for, and consumed by, non-élite people or the [[proletariat|masses]]. (Note that some c... - Asia (16910 bytes)
14: ...eek language|Greek]] term given originally to the plains of [[Ephesus]] in [[Anatolia]], and later to ...
83: * The [[Iranian Plateau]], containing [[Iran]] and parts of other na...
118: |[[Unemployment]]
158: ...veloping Asia to take avantage of its abundant supply of cheap labor.
160: ... the [[textile]] industry. Much of the world's supply of clothing and footwear now originates in South... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
51: ...India]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] (Persia), [[People's Republic of China|China]] and the [[Arabian Se...
57: ...], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 BCE – 1800 BCE]]
59: ...sroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conque...
72: ...to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong ... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
17: ...ntrate almost wholly on political, military and diplomatic history, and ignore economic and social his...
20: ...y Greek geography, where every island, valley and plain is cut off from its neighbours by the sea or m...
24: ...Libya]]. Modern [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], [[Naples]], [[Marseilles]] and [[Istanbul]] had their be...
28: As colonization was bound to exhaust the supply of desirable territory, first [[Crete]], then in...
32: ... onwards, the aristocracies were overthrown and replaced by [[populist]] leaders called [[tyrant|tyran... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
18: *[[Indus Valley civilization]], unified from 2600 BC - 190...
32: [[Image:7_04_DSC2131W2.jpg|thumb|Temple Acropolis Greece. Picture provided by [http://cl...
33: ...different versions of the same event. If I have duplicate data this does not make an event true. One o...
35: ...ce of the unknown. There is a preference for a complete story. As always, the present generation assum...
57: * [[378]]- [[Battle of Adrianople]], Roman army is defeated by the Germanic tribes - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t...
16: ...ad pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He immediately order... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
12: ...means of distinctly representing its symbols by application to a permanent or semi-permanent medium, s...
19: ...ey refer. Writing systems may be regarded as ''complete'' according to the extent to which they are ab...
23: ...e undeciphered [[Proto-Elamite script]] and the [[Indus valley script]] . The status as an actual writing...
26: ...t to categorise a system uniquely. The term '''complex system''' is sometimes used to describe those w...
29: ...m</th><th>What each symbol represents</th><th>Example</th></tr> - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
7: ...ast missing railroad link on the Silk Road was completed in [[1992]], when the international railway c...
11: ... separated populations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as...
13: ...without arousing the hostility of more settled peoples.
16: ...dence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared and protected ...
18: ...Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus valley]]. - Caste (32815 bytes)
3: ...f which is specialised in a certain task. For example, [[social insect]]s like [[ant]]s, [[bee]]s and ...
20: ...g the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the...
34: ...aste System has been outlawed, the Brahmins still play a vital role in Hindu culture.
40: ===== Examples =====
55: ...teless. They are also referred to as [[pariah (people)|pariah]]s or [[dalit (outcast)|dalit]]s. - Civilization (29205 bytes)
5: ... this sense, civilization is an exclusive term, applied to some human groups and not others.
7: ...society, whether complex and city-dwelling, or simple and tribal. This definition is often perceived a...
11: ... or crude behavior. In this sense, civilization implies sophistication and refinement.
15: ...on is a complex society, as distinguished from simpler societies. Everyone lives in a society and a c...
17: ...rrigation]]. This enables farmers to produce a surplus of food that will not be needed for their own s... - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...anistan]]{{mn|afgh|1}} on the northwest, the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]]...
3: India is home to some of the most [[Indus Valley Civilization|ancient civilisations]] (and ...
5: ...nwards, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied due to domestic disputes over how representati...
11: ...appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between [[26t...
34: ...nown as the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'', or House of the People, and the President. The 245-member ''Rajya Sabha... - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
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18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic and river dolphins),
20: #laypeople often use the term synonymously with [[Bottlenos... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...e would have thought, such a very desirable ''exempla''.
13: ...prostheses such as dentures, bridges and dental implants), [[endodontics]] ([[root canal]] therapy), d...
15: ...g is required: [[cosmetic dentistry]], [[dental implant]], [[temporal-mandibular joint therapy]]. Thes...
22: ...kistan]], made the discovery that the people of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], even from the early [[Hara...
33: ... Canadians are mostly covered by workplace dental plans, but many have to pay out of pocket. - Boto (5572 bytes)
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42: ...ave remained fairly steady over time. Although complete surveys have not been taken owing to the inacc...
57: ...eves et al. [http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/actionplans/cetaceans/cetaceans.pdf Report in PDF format (... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ... progressed, tools became far more refined and complex. At some point, humans had begun using [[fire]]...
7: ...mankind to [[North America]] and [[Oceania]] took place at the climax of the most recent [[Ice Age]], ...
12: ...]], and the [[Indus River|Indus Valley]]. Some peoples, such as [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigines]] o...
14: ...cities with high levels of social and economic complexity. However, these civilisations were so differ...
16: ...he [[2nd millennium BCE]] saw the emergence of complex state societies in [[Crete]], mainland [[Greece... - Elephant (13277 bytes)
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29: ...]] that enables an elephant to reach food in high places and lift obstacles weighing up to 1 [[ton]]. ...
44: ...lant food. Their diet is at least 50% grasses, supplemented with leaves, twigs, bark, roots, and small... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
1: ...[[Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge]], currently in planning, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest ...
65: ... trading [[Mesopotamia]] (now [[Iraq]]) and the [[Indus Valley]] (now the region near India). This was th...
69: ... Secretary to take on this responsibility. In a [[Plebiscite]] to decide the country's future, the maj...
75: ...lence during the mid-1990s in which over forty people were killed.
91: Bahrain is split into five [[governorate]]s. Until [[July 3]] [[... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [...
30: ...ada Valley has produced hominid remains of middle Pleistocene date. Recent finds include a middle pala...
34: ==Indus Valley Civilisation==
36: ...brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars speculate it may hav...
38: ...nd were vital to the civilizations throughout the Indus.
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