The Ancient Indus River Valley Civilization
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The Ancient Indus River Valley Civilization

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 20, 202616 min
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It thrived from 2600 -1900 BC and then it disappeared over the course of 500 years. It was lost to history until people in present day Pakistan started digging in the 1920’s. OK Let’s Learn all about the ancient cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa in the Indus River Valley. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn <p...

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into history, science, books, stories, and tons of different topics. My name is Kevin O'Keefe, so today, OK, let's learn all about the ancient Indus River Valley Civilization. Yes, people know about ancient Egypt. People know

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about Mesopotamia. Ancient Egypt grew up along the Nile River. Ancient Mesopotamia grew up along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq. And yes, there was early civilizations all through the Americas that we know as the Incas, the Mayas, the Aztecs. And even I would argue a lot of people know about the

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ancient Chinese civilizations that grew up near the Yellow and the Yangtze rivers. But the ancient Indus River Valley? No, again, yes, some of you know, but okay. Let's learn about this famous early civilization that we just started to learn about recently. Why? Because archaeologists only found its existence in the 1920s. And keep in mind,

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