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- The Egyptian and the Chinese civilisations.
Where is the evidence of contact?
Contact with the Harappans
Two very different cases
1. Strong evidence
Mesopotamia
Example:
Beads
Ivory
Timber
Gold dust
2. Little evidence
Egypt and China
Example:
No goods
No seals
No records
- They have little tangible evidence of their direct contact with the Sindhu-Sarasvati civilisation.
- Tangible means solid and physical. Something you can see or touch.
Think about what that means.
For Mesopotamia we have the proof - Harappan beads, ivory and timber, named on Akkadian tablets.
For Egypt and China there is little solid evidence of direct contact . But not finding proof is not proof that they never met. It only means we have not found the goods, seals or records.
Worth remembering
All four grew in river plains . There is strong evidence of Harappan-Mesopotamian trade , but little solid evidence of contact with Egypt or China.
1. Name the four early world civilisations.
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Harappan, Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Chinese
2. Which rivers did the Mesopotamian civilisation grow between?
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The Euphrates and the Tigris
3. Which two civilisations show little tangible evidence of direct contact with the Harappans?
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Egypt and China
