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Jiang frames the lecture around three problems: IVC distinctiveness, its decline after a 2600-1900 BCE peak, and its legacy for Western Civilization.
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Indus Valley Civilization
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...spiritual enlightenment. So you look at the Harappan civilization, the Indus Valley civilization, extremely peaceful, egalitarian, and spiritual. And so we're able to create..."
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"...good morning. We finished the Bronze Age today with the Indus Valley Civilization. So we've done Egypt, we've done Mesopotamia, now we're doing the..."
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"...spiritual enlightenment. So you look at the Harappan civilization, the Indus Valley civilization, extremely peaceful, egalitarian, and spiritual. And so we're able to create..."
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"...a point of trade between the Levant, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilization. Okay? India. Okay? So, Arabia, they do a lot of trading...."
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"...did not work out like this is something called the Indus Valley Civilization which is modern day Pakistan. And we'll discuss this later on...."
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"...of course, Egypt, Mesopotamia, which is modern -day Iraq, the Indus Valley civilization. This is also referred to as the Harappan, okay? Harappan civilization,..."
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"...four societies that first came into being are China, the Indus Valley civilization, the Harappan civilization, which is now northern India. Mesopotamia, which today..."
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"...the same system. No difference at all. The IVC, the Indus Valley civilization, created religion. And what's remarkable, And what's remarkable, about the religion..."
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"...the Egyptians, it could have been the Harappans of the Indus Valley civilization, it could have also been the Chinese. Just because we don't..."
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"...In Mesopotamia, there are two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. Indus Valley civilization is obviously the Indus River, and in China, there are two..."
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"...okay? Up here is Anatolia, the Levant. And then the Indus Valley Civilization is over here. And today, it would cover the countries of..."
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"And the Indus Valley Civilization, what was unique to them are certain products, for example, indigo dye, which was really sought after in Mesopotamia..."
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"...Called the Andromino culture. So as you can see, the Indus Valley Civilization, through its partners, the Oxus Valley Civilization, and its colonies over..."
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