1. India Intro

2. India and its surrounding countries are part of the South Asia region.
Indian Subcontinent
India and its surrounding countries are part of the South Asia region.
This region includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh among other countries.

3. Natural Barrier: Mountains
Two mountain ranges to the north, the Himalayas and Hindu Kush, separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.

4. India’s first civilization grew around the Indus River Valley.
River floods, rich soil leads to crops.

5. Flooding created a fertile plain good for farming.
Ganges River
North of the Indus
Flooding created a fertile plain good for farming.

6. Tropical, hot, seasonal winds known as monsoons.
Climate
Tropical, hot, seasonal winds known as monsoons.
Rainy summers, dry winters.
Farming depends on the summer monsoons.

7. Indus River Civ Timeline
7000 B.C. – Farmers grow crops, more people
3000 B.C. – cities develop
2500 B.C. – cities center of civilization
1700 B.C. – they disappear. Hmm …