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 Back Research Summary By Fiona Hartmann

**Climate and Geographic Factors** :
 * Grew drier and cooler ~ 1800 BC ([])
 * Large dissapearance of Ghakkar River ([])
 * Flooding of lower Indus cities : tectonic changes ([])
 * Average rainfall decreased slowly turning it to desert ([])

**Events and Leaders :**

2600 BC - Cities develop. 2600-1900 BC - Indus Civilization - Harappan Culture Integration Era 2500-2200 BC - Pre-Harappan 2200/1700 BC - Harappan time 1900-1300 BC - Late Harappan Period 1900 BC - Signs of decline 1800-1700 BC - Cities abandoned.


 * Socio-Politcal Structure :**
 * Women looked after less - ate less meat (Habib 58)
 * Prosperous priestly class (Habib 58)
 * Big difference between poor and rich: houses built with baked bricks, spacious courtyard, own wells, latrines, slaves (Habib 58)

**Agriculture and Economy :**


 * Arid earth from moonsoon shifts = Decline in land and agriculture ([])
 * Food crops sown in in season not suited for (Habib 79)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Land fallow next year (Habib 79)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Consumption of cultivated produce caused dental deterioration (Habib 57)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Region relying on local trade or own resources (Habib 57)

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">**Plagues and Diseases :**

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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Malaria (Habib 57)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Cholera - Abundance of clean + foul water together (Habib 57)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Abundance of clean + foul water together (Habib 57)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Average life expectancy not over 30 (Habib 58)
 * Art, Literature, Music :**

<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Building:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Essential figures suddenly dissapear (Habib 62)


 * No attention to proper sewage system ([])
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Decline in quality of building and town planning ([])
 * Broken bricks used for construction ([])