give a short conclusion of the comparative study between Mesopotamia and Harrapan Civilization
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mesopotamia was ruled by a king, indus valley was ruled by elite traders
mesopotamia used rammed earth techniques to make their cities, indus valley used baked bricks
indus valley people had standardized weights, mesopotamia hadn’t
mesopotamia used canals, IVC used drain system
mesopotamia used cylinder seals, IVC used square ones
mesopotamia was always warring with one another, indus valley wasn’t
mesopotamia excavation has revealed hoards of treasures, indus valley hasn’t
mesopotamians used cunieform indus valley used symbols for writing
mesopotamians always recorded on clay tablets, indus valley people probably used cotton or didn’t record anything in the first place.
mesopotamia was rich in metals, gold, copper etc, indus valley wasn’t rich in metals and had to import a good of it from north areas of afghanistan or southern areas of gujrat or perhaps through mesopotamian trade.
mesopotamians didn’t come to trade to indus valley, indus valley people went to trade in mesopotamia, maybe because IVC people knew good navigation skills
mesopotamia lasted well up until 500 BC, indus valley lasted until 1900 BC
The first city in mesopotamia arouse probably in 4th mellinnium in 3200 BC called city of uruk, IVC first city probably harappa arouse in 2600 BC, but lot of excavation and research needs to be done yet in case of IVC.
bull carts were the common mode of trasporation in IVC compared to horse carts in mesopotamia.
mesopotamia domesticated lots of crops especially wheat, barley, rice was domesticated by IVC or passed from ganges to IVC.
IVC traded with mesopotamia in carnelian beads among many other things which was used in jewellery, mesopotamians used gold foil over the beads to make gold beads.
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