Exam 12: The Indus Valley

The Mature Harappan period began about ___________________.

Early Harappan people used many grains, including maize.

A significant innovation of the Early Harappan period was the establishment of standardized weights. What form did these weights take?

What was the largest, most populous site of the Indus Valley? Approximately how many residents lived there at its peak?

The Early Harappan period was followed by the ________________ Harappan period.

Foxtail and broomcorn millet were likely introduced from China about ________________.

Why has the Indus script proven so difficult to decipher, compared to hieroglyphs or cuneiform?

The Middle Asian Interaction Sphere has been proposed as a name for the massive exchange network to which Mature Harappan sites contributed.

Harappa and Mohenjo-daro both had structures named granaries though there is no evidence they were used for this purpose.

Samples of Indus script usually have about _____________ signs.

Name three raw materials on which preserved Indus writing has been discovered.

Cattle were independently domesticated in the Indus Valley.

Excavations at the Harappa site indicate a period of ______________ between Early and Mature Harappan.

Chapter 12 focuses on the Indus River Valley of _______________ and _______________.

Discuss the evidence for Harappan involvement in the "Middle Asian Interaction Sphere."

What was the average size of an early village, like Mehrgarh?

Urbanism went into decline toward the end of the Mature Harappan. What factors contributed to this?

What did genetic and strontium isotope analyses reveal about postmarital residence patterns? Where do they suggest people lived after marriage?

After marriage, Harappan males probably moved _________________________.

Most Indus Valley structures were built from __________________.