people who dig in the ground for clues about people who lived in the past are archaeologists

a group of people who live together and follow the same ways of life and the same set of rules are a civilisation

What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation

History

The Indus Valley

Archaeology and the Indus

Cities of the Indus Valley civilisation

Art in the Indus Valley Civilisation

The mysteries of the Indus Valley civilisation

In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ pupils were encouraged to develop their understanding of the concept of civilisation. In ‘Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?’ pupils are now invited to contrast their strong understanding of early civilisations with Iron Age Britain.

In ‘Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?’ pupils encountered multiple early civilisations in overview in order to strengthen the concept of civilisation and to make connections between these. In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ they are encouraged to develop their understanding of this concept even further. 

These units analyse the way in which archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Shang dynasty. Whichever unit is chosen, pupils examine the archaeological record of an early civilisation and develop their knowledge of what claims are based on these remains.

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang

people who dig in the ground for clues about the past

a group of people who live together and follow the same ways of life

Match the word to the correct definition.

When the {{ }} floods, it makes the land in the Indus Valley fertile.

Archaeologists can guess lots about the Indus Valley civilisation from objects.

What would help archaeologists understand more about the Indus Valley civilisation? 

What do the cities in the Indus Valley tell us about the people who built them almost 5000 years ago?

A small statue or model of a person is called a ...

Select the possible things that figurines could have been used for.

Historians do not know how to read the writing of the Indus Valley civilisation.

What evidence tells us that the Indus Valley cities were well organised?

Which things are still a mystery about the Indus Valley civilisation?

People started to farm in the Indus Valley.

Put the following into the correct order.

What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation

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