Age of Indus
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IndusBetween 2400 and 1750 before J. - C., on a vast territory extending from the foot of Tibet to the peninsula of Gujerat, and the valley of Gange at the Iranian border, shone an urban civilization, named “age of Indus” - because it developed starting from the basin of the large river - or “civilization harappéenne”, according to the first excavated site, Harappa.
Its immense cities, such Mohenjo-Daro, strong several tens of thousands of inhabitants, attest the existence of a company whose organization, nature of the power and values remain as enigmatic as the writing.
Civilization élamite
During first half of the III E thousand-year-old, the diffusion of civilization élamite through the Iranian plate and the development of a trade by ways terrestrial, river and maritime allowed the multiplication of the contacts of the cultures of the valley of Indus with the ages of the Middle East. These new relations stimulate the economic activities and support the birth of specialized craft industries.
These contacts lead to the emergence of social structures which will allow a true cultural jump: India of the North-West from now on occupied by village and agricultural cultures good affirmed, the boroughs préurbains of the valley of Indus enter during one transitional period, which succeeds, between 2 ' 600 and 2 ' 500 av. J. - C., with the development of an urban civilization considered as a synthesis between the various cultures which extend from Baloutchistan to the Yamuna river.