Indus River Valley

Who/What: The people living in the Indus River valley were farmers. Some of them were merchants and traders as well. The people of the Indus were polytheistic, meaning they belived in/worshiped one god.

When: 2600BC.The Indus river civilization flourshed for 700 years.

Where: The earliest South Asian civilization emerged in the Indus River valley, in present day Pakistan.

Importance: The people lived on a subcontinent with good land for growing crops. They were the first people to create cloth out of cotton. Scholars think that contact with Sumer may have persuaded them to get create their own writing system. The Indus River was an important aspect of the peoples lives. The Indus valley civilization raises a great many, largly unresolved questions.