What fundamental problems led to the collapse of Harappan civilization?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Fragile collection of states
1. city life and intensive agriculture were in danger of collapse even when they were at their most productive
B. Debate of what caused collapse
1. a sudden and violent invasion
a. collection of hymns and poems called the Rig Veda provides evidence
b. the existence of the Indo-European family of languages in the region shows vast pattern of violent migrations of the so-called Aryans
2. no real archeological evidence of traumatic event, more likely a gradual decline
3. a gradual ecological disaster
a. collapse in the Indus valley coincided with environmental disaster
4. food supply disrupted
a. connected with the drying climate
b. human mismanagement of environmental resources
5. plague or disease
a. more deadly than the malaria that anthropologists have detected in buried bones
b. conducive to new disease since environment would help them develop a natural immunity to malaria
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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What will be an ideal response?