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السمات والتاثيرات والخصائص في حضارتي وادي الرافدين ووادي السند 3000 - 1500 ق.م : دراسة مقارنة == Features, influences and characteristics in the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley 3000 - 1500 B.C A comparative study
Author name:
حسين حسن مجيد العنزي
Supervisor name:
نائل حنون
General topic:
History
Specific topic:
Ancient History
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
Wasit University - Faculty Of Education - Department Of History
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Wasit
First pages:
11T3492 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the three urban Centers, which witness the independent development of urban and constructional Activities, despite possessing similar attributes and characteristics with Mesopotamia. Its geographical location an important impact on the emergence of a sprawling civilization with area outweigh the civilizations area of Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley, it bordered on the north the rich Himalayan Mountains by mineral resources and timber, and characterized the Western Borders by the cultivation of wheat, barley and domestication of sheep and cattle since the millennium eighth BC and had a close association with civilizations of the Near East by land trade routes across the Iranian plateau. And Its eastern part bordered Sivalik hills which by metals copper, and Thar Desert (Great Indian Desert), while the southern side bordered the Arabian Sea, which facilitated direct contact with the civilization of Mesopotamia as well as provide additional resources for the people of the Indus Valley civilization, such as stones and seashells.In view of the similar features between the two civilizations consider it some of Scholars that it was a commercial colony of the Mesopotamia People, but the excavations That carried out in the Two cities Mohenjo - Daro and Harappa in 1920 drawing the attention of archaeologists networking urban planning and the organization houses andbaths and how to create a sewage system. Additionally reached excavations French mission led by Jean Francois Jarrige in 1975 in Baluchistan area of the sites date back to the Neolithic period beginning of the eighth millennium BC, this urban sequence sites Indus Valley Civilization confirmed to the archaeologists it is ancient civilization raised independently of the civilization of Mesopotamia . it is Advanced in all fields, like other cultures, and That manifesting clearly it passed through several Historical stages.Indus Valley civilization grew up on the land of plain fertile similar to the land of Mesopotamia, and agriculture adopted on the rivers of the Indus and Saraswati and their tributaries by use of irrigation means in order to quench the largest possible area of agricultural land, a similar to irrigation means in the civilization of Mesopotamia due to Diminished rainfall in both civilizations.our knowledge of the Indus Valley civilization Confined in all its stages on what has been excavated in the cities Mohenjo - Daro and Harappa Only, the fact that the excavations carried out at other locations were simple and few, as well as not Able to resolve the symbols and signs written Indus Valley civilization so far making the identity of the residents of The Indus Valley unknown and a difficult explanation for certain things, such as unknown the ancient Names of Cities and these Names actually is Names for Modern Cities established above, As well as seemsthat the cities of the Indus Valley emerged flourished without internal or external war or violent competition, is also difficult to identify palaces and some structures, Only very few were probably for religious purposes. Although it is considered a high degree of technical and organizational Civilization but the puzzling is after seven centuries of urban life where suddenly collapsed and know the reasons for this collapse is still under discussion.The Dissertation composed of deals with Five Chapters, The First Chapter deals with Geographical location and its impact on the Mesopotamia and Indus Valley Civilization, This included name and location of the Indus Valley Civilization, the most important rivers that have been instrumental in the development of civilization are Indus Saraswati Rivers the Arabian Sea coast also, as well as the climate in the two civilizations.The Second Chapter displays The emergence of civilization and matures in the Two valleys of Mesopotamia and the Indus by displaying prehistoric times and the expansion of settlements in the South Asian region and the emergence of cities, matures and decay.The Third Chapter deals with Cities and architecture planning in the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley has included the geographical locations for the settlement of the population of the Indus Valley and presenting the mostimportant cities and towns of the Indus Valley Civilization with its Excavation stages then the most important features of urban and similarities in the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley represented by Cities walled and castles as well as architectural engineering of cities and homes.The Fourth Chapter has focused on Written and seals, we tried to shed light on the most accepting views about written of the Indus Valley by displaying South Asian languages, as well as included a similarity in the way the seals industry and used in the civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, and deals with what they contain these seals from some religious beliefs.The Five Chapter Search Economic activities of the two civilizations through the cultivation of major crops and the Irrigation as well as the domestication of animals, The craft traditions by pottery, lapis lazuli and ceramics Industry, and finally the internal and external trade in the Indus Valley Civilization with show the most important products that are imported and exported between the two civilizations.
