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Indus Valley

• Pakistan
• Cities built around Indus River
• Had working toilets
• This shows that the civilization had a strong society
• Had to meet a certain criteria of complexity
• Found boule in Pakistan and Greece
• Tells us that Pakistan and Greece had trade
• Also shows that they had complex trade routes, had allies that lived along trade routes
• Why is the most advanced city in 300 B.C.E., Harappa, unknown, but Greece is?
• Unknown as to what happened, but the civilization disappears
• No evidence
• Civilization development does not mean defensive strength