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__Indus River Valley Sedentary and Urban Society__

. The first two cities of the Indus Valley were Harappa, and Mohenjo-daro. Both of the cities had city walls, a fortified citadel, roads that ran either north-south, or east-west, a irragation system, and various buildings that were used for political organization, housing, trade, and religious centers. Similar to the Nile River Valley, a deposite of rich soil was created every year by the Indus River. As the farmers at these two cities increases their knowledge of the crops and when they soil was at its best, the population increased leading to an expansion of the two cities.

The picture is an artist's interpretation of the gates of Harappa. In the picture you can see the rows of houses, the irragation system, and some farmers. The Harapan and Mohenjo-daro agriculture exceled so much because they had an irragation system that was well beyond the technology of their day.

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