Chavín civilization

Examples of Chavín civilization in the following topics:

• The Chavín Civilization

  • The Chavín civilization, which lasted from 900-250 BCE in Peru, featured ingenious art and architecture, and had widespread influence on other local cultures.
  • The Chavín civilization developed in the northern Andean highlands of Peru between 900-250 BCE.
  • Their influence extended to other civilizations along the coast.
  • The Chavín civilization was located in the Mosna Valley, where the Mosna and Huachecsa rivers merge.
  • The chief example of Chavín architecture is the Chavín de Huántar temple.

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• The Indus River Valley Civilization

  • The Indus Civilization was the most widespread of the three early civilizations of the ancient world, along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
  • At its peak, the Indus Valley Civilization may had a population of over 5 million people.
  • In 1912, John Faithfull Fleet, an English civil servant working with the Indian Civil Services, discovered several Harappan seals.
  • The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro, a city in the Indus River Valley Civilization.
  • Identify the importance of the discovery of the Indus River Valley Civilization

• The Caral Civilization

  • The Caral civilization flourished in the Andean region between the 30th and 18th centuries BCE.
  • The Caral civilization (also known as the Norte Chico civilization and as Caral-Supe) was a complex pre-Columbian society, located  in what is now the Norte Chico region of north-central coastal Peru, near Supe, Barranca province, Peru (200 km north of Lima).
  • It has been established as the oldest known civilization in the Americas, and as one of the six sites where civilization separately originated in the ancient world.
  • Its urban plan was used by Andean civilizations for the next four thousand years.
  • The most impressive achievement of these civilizations was its monumental architecture, including large earthwork platform mounds and sunken circular plazas.

• Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

  • The Indus River Valley Civilization contained urban centers with well-conceived and organized infrastructure, architecture and systems of governance.
  • The population of the Indus Valley Civilization may have once been as large as 5 million.
  • Unlike Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization did not build large, monumental structures.
  • Finally, experts have theorized that the Indus Valley Civilization had no rulers as we understand them, with everyone enjoying equal status.
  • Cluster of Indus Valley Civilization cities and excavation sites along the course of the Indus River in Pakistan.

• River Valley Civilizations

  • The first civilizations formed on the banks of rivers.
  • These early civilizations began to form around the time of the Neolithic Revolution (12000 BCE).
  • Though each civilization was uniquely different, we can see common patterns amongst these first civilizations since they were all based around rivers.
  • Most notably, these early civilizations were all hydraulic empires.
  • Access to water is still crucial to modern civilizations; water scarcity affects more than 2.8 billion people globally.

• Disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilization

  • The Indus Valley Civilization declined around 1800 BCE due to climate change and migration.
  • The Indus Valley Civilization may have met its demise due to invasion.
  • Various elements of the Indus Civilization are found in later cultures, suggesting the civilization did not disappear suddenly due to an invasion.
  • By around 1700 BCE, most of the Indus Valley Civilization cities had been abandoned.
  • Discuss the causes for the disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilization