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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: ...Age]] empires of [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Ancient Egypt]]. It declined during the mid [[2nd millennium BC...
9: ...e been found, mainly in the general region of the Indus River in Pakistan.
11: ...of the [[Rig Veda]]. Some of the scholars who accept this hypothesis advocate changing the name of the... - 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: ...glong Kangri]] and [[Gangdise Shan]] ranges. The Indus then flows northwest through [[Gilgit-Baltistan]]...
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)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
187: ...gypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer in service of Egyptian queen [[Hatshepsut]] - Seal (device) (5951 bytes)
8: ...eals are no longer commonly used in this way, except for ceremonial purposes.
17: ... a consignment of trade goods. From [[Ancient Egypt]] seals in the form of signet-rings of kings have...
18: [[Indus Valley Civilisation]], rectangular seals were use...
29: ...and other non-Asians seldomn see Asian seals, except on Asian paintings and works of calligraphy. All... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...[[civilization]]" and contrasts the combined concept with "[[nature]]". According to this thinking, on...
12: ...tic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[capitalism | capital...
14: ...ost social scientists reject the [[monadic]] conception of culture, and the opposition of culture to [...
19: ...roduce a most inclusive notion of culture, a concept that anthropologists could apply equally to non-l...
21: ...a supplement to it, as the main means of human adaptation to the world. - Asia (16910 bytes)
80: ...untries in both Asia and Africa|portion]] of [[Egypt]].
154: Forestry is extensive throughout Asia except Southwest and Central Asia. [[Fishing]] is a majo...
158: ...[[Japan]], [[South Korea]] and [[Singapore]]. The industry varies from manufacturing cheap goods such as ...
160: ...oyers in manufacturing in Asia is the [[textile]] industry. Much of the world's supply of clothing and fo...
164: ... The rise of the business process [[outsourcing]] industry has seen the rise of India and China as the ot... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
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...
62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
79: ...ory. An estimated 1 to 5 million Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and others lost their lives as a direct consequen... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...s of what are now [[Albania]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]],...
15: ...ies", [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] "Description of Greece", [[Diodorus]] "Bibliothiki" and [[J...
20: ...the Mycenaean script forgotten, but the Greeks adapted the [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] [[alphabet]] to Gr...
24: ...Spain]]. Greek colonies were also founded in [[Egypt]] and [[Libya]]. Modern [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracus...
28: ...en in short order the other Greek city-states, adopted the formal practice of [[pederasty]], in an eff... - Ancient history (7857 bytes)
3: ...s roughly 5,000-5,500 years, with [[Cuneiform script|cuneiform]] possibly being the oldest form of wri...
8: *[[Ancient Egypt]]
18: *[[Indus Valley civilization]], unified from 2600 BC - 190...
35: ...y preconceived ideas which will effect their perception, inference and translation of ancient texts. T...
60: * [[476]]- Prompted by the barbarian General Odacer, the last Roman... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...Empire]], including [[Anatolia]], [[Syria]], [[Egypt]], [[Bactria]] and [[Mesopotamia]], and extended...
11: ...his mother descended from [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
23: ...eventually forcing his opponents, the mercenary captain [[Memnon of Rhodes]] and the Persian satrap of...
27: ...the Ptolemaic dynasty after his death. Leaving Egypt, Alexander marched eastward into [[Assyria]] (now...
29: ...sia, Bactria and [[Scythia]]. In the process he captured and refounded [[Herat]] and [[Samarkand]], an... - Writing system (16928 bytes)
1: A '''writing system''', also called a '''script''', is a type of ''[[symbolic communication syste...
6: ...ion of humankind. However, the development and adoption of writing systems has occurred only variously...
19: Writing systems are [[conceptual system]]s, as are the spoken languages to whic...
23: ...[Middle Bronze Age alphabets]]. The [[Chinese script]] may have evolved independently, around [[1200 B...
49: ...amese, and other east Asian languages. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and the Mayan writing system are... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
3: ...rranean Sea]] or through the [[Levant]] into [[Egypt]] and [[North Africa]].
16: ...There is evidence that [[Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[explorers]] may have originally cleared an...
18: ...Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus valley]].
22: ===Egyptian maritime trade===
23: ... the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|Fifth Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahu... - Caste (32815 bytes)
20: ...ght and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. To the Brahman belongs the right of teaching a...
58: ...ts of untouchability lies in the hatred and contempt which the Brahmins created against those who were...
84: ...as synonyms of brahmin, seems to justify the assumption that the profession had already, to a certain ...
86: There is, however, with the exception of a solitary passage in a hymn of the last bo...
90: ...would be that the Varna system goes back to the [[Indus Valley Civilization]] - Civilization (29205 bytes)
31: ...rtile Crescent]], the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus Valley]] (namely [[Mehrgarh]] and [[Harappa]]) a...
37: ...esiccate the pastoral lands of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], eventually forming the [[Sahara]] (c.[[2500 BC...
39: ...e [[Ancient Egypt#Ancient Achievements|Ancient Egypt: Ancient Achievements]]).
44: ... of [[Canaan]] had become [[vassal]]s of the [[Egypt]]ian empire.
46: ...]s. Sumerian [[Cuneiform (script)|cuneiform]] script may pre-date any other form of writing and dates ... - India (27950 bytes)
3: India is home to some of the most [[Indus Valley Civilization|ancient civilisations]] (and ...
5: ...8;n'duːstɑːn}}), or ''land of the Hindus'' in [[Persian language|Persian]], was used from ...
11: ...appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between [[26t...
13: ...]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as Indi...
32: ...de for a post of Deputy Prime Minister, but this option has been exercised from time to time. - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
2: ...ge | image = [[Image:Dolphin_063w.jpg|250px]] | caption = [[Dolphin]]}}
92: **** [[Indus River Dolphin]] ''Platanista minor''
109: Dolphins have a fusiform body, adapted for fast swimming. The head contains the [[melo...
135: ...ing their prey at high speed. The dentition is adapted to the animals they hunt: Species with long bea...
139: ...sed to shallow water where they are more easily captured. - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
22: ...kistan]], made the discovery that the people of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], even from the early [[Hara...
24: ...gyptians]] and [[Greco-Roman]]s reveal early attempts at dental [[prosthetic]]s and [[surgery]] ([http...
54: ...cialty route would only take 2-3 years. It is accepted that only after 5 years of such training would ...
95: ...ople.htm Shayne's Dental Site (several on-line chapters cover history of Dentistry from prehistory to ... - Boto (5572 bytes)
2: <!-- {{Taxobox_image | image = | caption = }} -->
15: ...p_Amazon_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Boto range]] | caption= Boto range}}
34: ==Physical description==
38: ...their eyes are small they can see quite well, except for their bulging cheeks hampering downward view....
42: ...hinese River Dolphin|Baiji]] and the [[Ganges and Indus River Dolphin]], the area populated by the boto s... - History of the world (21975 bytes)
5: ...ometime during the Paleolithic, as well as a conceptual repertoire that included systematic burial of ...
12: ... River|Nile]] in [[Egypt]], and the [[Indus River|Indus Valley]]. Some peoples, such as [[Australian Abor...
14: ... millennium BC|3000 BCE]]) and [[Harappa]] in the Indus Valley ([[3rd millennium BC|2500 BCE]]). There is...
41: Northern India was ruled by the [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]] in these times. In southern India, three prom...
67: ...ined control of the [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Egypt]] and [[Malaya]], the French took [[French Indoch... - Elephant (13277 bytes)
2: ...age | image = [[Image:Elephant_th.jpg|250px]] | caption =African Elephant reaching for leaves, in Keny...
25: ...elephant is now a protected [[animal]], and consumption is prohibited around the [[world]].
33: ...[[malnutrition]]; elephants in captivity can be kept alive longer than that by feeding them preground ...
60: ...ire]]. This use was adopted by [[Hellenistic]], [[Ptolemaic]] and [[Seleucid]] kingdoms. The [[Carthag...
67: ... typically been female. War elephants were an exception, however: as female elephants in battle will r... - Bahrain (16123 bytes)
65: ... trading [[Mesopotamia]] (now [[Iraq]]) and the [[Indus Valley]] (now the region near India). This was th...
104: ...ted crude. Construction proceeds on several major industrial projects. Unemployment, especially among the... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], which peaked between the [...
8: ...]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta dynasty]] oversaw the period referred to as Indi...
34: ==Indus Valley Civilisation==
36: ...cities built of brick. The language spoken by the Indus Valley people is not known; some scholars specula...
38: ...nd were vital to the civilizations throughout the Indus.
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