HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gobi Desert, Oracle Bone, Taklamakan Desert
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Mahatma ghandi (1921) famous voice against british rule of india: practicing modern hinduism. Student protests and the mandate of heaven in tiananmen square (1989: chinese communist party had lost the mandate of heaven. Potential for isolation: west you have mountains, north is the himalayan mountains. Annual monsoon seasons (2) allow agriculture to spread: summer monsoon season: provides india with most of its moisture and rain for agriculture, (cid:862)(cid:373)o(cid:374)soo(cid:374) is the (cid:396)eal fi(cid:374)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:373)i(cid:374)iste(cid:396) of i(cid:374)dia(cid:863) - pranab mukherjee, the current. Ganges: most famous river of modern day india. Indus river is the most famous river of ancient india (now in modern pakistan) Not solely the indus river itself, there was also saraswati river alongside the indus. Baluchistan mts. (northwest) and thar desert (southeast) provide borders for the river valleys. 6000-5000bce: upland farming: farming at high altitudes. Irrigation: zebu (oxen) domestication, copper and pottery work. Harrapa and mohenjo-daro (architecturally significant: cities of 50,000-60,000 people!
