MMW 11 Final: MMW11 FINAL STUDY GUIDE

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

Indus valley: early indian societies were discovered here, location of indus valley culture (nw part of india, largest ancient river civilization. Stamped seals: harappa (north) & mohenjo-daro (south) known as two large twin-cities , evidence for trade, way to keep records of commercial transactions. The great bath: resembles ritual purification, religious rituals of the city. Aryan influx: aryans left their homeland & went to indus valley. Great flood of caspian sea forced them out of their homeland. Introduction of horse drawn two-wheeled chariot made them a warrior culture. Dravidians: locals/victims of the aryan influx, they lived in india before aryans settled, dravidians are darker, aryans were lighter. Dyaus pitr: father of all gods. Rig vedas: only source of information on the early aryans, oldest / most important of the four vedas. Rita or natural order of things : what varuna created the world to be, law of nature and the universal truth.