1. Economy and Trade
1.1. Indus Valley
1.1.1. Agriculture and trade. farmed and held livestock.
1.1.2. Used boats for trade
1.1.3. Economy depended on trade
1.2. Egypt
1.2.1. Traded with forgien neighbors
1.2.2. Exported Gold, and Paper.
1.2.3. Traded with Greece
2. Government and Leaders
2.1. Indus Valley
2.1.1. We don't know a lot about the system off goverment
2.1.2. We know that there was some sort of strong goverment
2.1.3. Several Rulers
2.1.4. It is hard to find things about there government because no one knows there language.
2.2. Egypt
2.2.1. Led by a Pharaoh
2.2.2. The Pharaoh was thought of as a god
2.2.3. The Pharaoh was often at the very top of the social system
2.2.4. The Pharaoh's Kids would often marry each other so that when one died hey did not loose power.
3. Social Structure in Family
3.1. Indus Valley
3.1.1. People were born into social classes that could not be changed
3.1.2. 4 main social classes
3.1.3. Gender and Age was a factor in social structure
3.1.4. Men were the head of the house
3.2. Egypt
3.2.1. Pharoah and Royal family were at the top
3.2.2. Priests, Scribes, military leaders, land owners and doctors were just under the pharoah
3.2.3. Slaves were present at the very bottom
3.2.4. Farmers were about in the middle
4. Egypt
5. Technology
5.1. Indus Valley
5.1.1. Developed a system of weights and measurements
5.1.2. Dentistry
5.1.3. Engineering: Making docks
5.1.4. Built with lead, copper, and tin
5.2. Egypt
5.2.1. Paper
5.2.2. They made huge pyramids
5.2.3. Developed glassworking
5.2.4. Astronomy: Studied and named constellations
6. Religion
6.1. Indus Valley
6.1.1. Mostly of hymns in praise rituals surrounding vedic religion
6.1.2. No evidence of buildings
6.1.3. No Evidence of burials
6.1.4. They believed in many gods
6.2. Egypt
6.2.1. Gods controlled all natural events
6.2.2. Believed in many gods and the priest was at the second highest position in the Egyptian social structure
6.2.3. Priests also practiced magic and worshiped Heka the god of healing
6.2.4. About 64 Gods
7. Geography & Agriculture
7.1. Indus valley
7.1.1. The development of widespread irrigation systems
7.1.2. Had heavy rains and monsoons
7.1.3. River beds have been found
7.2. Egypt
7.2.1. Nile River
7.2.2. Planted most of their crops near the Nile because it would flood and make the soil fertile.
7.2.3. Used cows and donkeys for pulling plows
7.2.4. Nile River supplied them with fish
8. Arts and Education
8.1. Indus Valley
8.1.1. Developed a high-tech drainage system
8.1.2. Developed Plastic crafting
8.1.3. Crafted with bronze
8.1.4. They would write on bark and leaves
8.2. Egypt
8.2.1. Knew basic arithmetic
8.2.2. They were interested in science and math
8.2.3. Had a language of hieroglyphics
8.2.4. Had things like schools