similarties between indus valley civilization and ancient Egyptian civilization
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The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization. There are a number of similarities between the ancient river civilizations of Egypt and Harappa :
- Both civilizations relied on a fertile river valley to support agriculture.
- The importance of managing the river through irrigation and canal systems was of paramount concern for both river civilizations.
- Both the Indus and the Nile had an abundant water source, which they both heavily depended on.
- They both used their water supplies to trade with others and to make a profit.
- The rivers are also the main reason their Civilizations flourished, and brought the people to them.
- They both also had natural boundaries protecting them from others that could have taken their land away.
- The Indus Valley Civilization had the Himalayas separating them from the others from the other side.
- The Nile River Valley had its desert around them, which limited the people that could come to fight them.
- Each of their rivers also flooded each year. Only that the Indus flooded twice and the Nile River only flood once a year.
- They each developed their own system of writing.
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