2. What is a Civilisation?
⢠when groups of people come to live together
⢠develop their own way of life
⢠share the same culture
⢠speak the same language
⢠obey same rules and laws
⢠follow same traditions and customs
3. Factors leading to the
rise of a Civilisation
⢠plentiful supply of water
⢠plentiful supply of food
⢠fertile land
4. A Kingdom
⢠controlled by a king
⢠small areas of land joined
together
⢠chief reports to the king
5. Empire
⢠Larger area controlled by an
emperor
⢠Kings defeat rivals, they
combined lands to form an
empire
6. Indus Civilisation
⢠started around 3000 BCE
⢠Indus plains had fertile soil
⢠directed water from the
Indus River by building
dams (irrigation)
10. Indus civilisation
⢠2500 BCE, along the Indus Valley
⢠irrigation to bring water to farms and limit ďŹooding
of the river
⢠Harappa
⢠Mohenjo-Daro
11. Indus Civilisation
⢠Evidences to show that there is a form of
government:
⢠well-planned cities
⢠citadel, drainage system, granary, Great Bath
12. Indus Civilisation
⢠Evidences to show that there are different
occupations:
⢠ploughs, utensils, bronze tools, artefacts, Public
Bath
21. Fall of the Shang
Civilisation
⢠1150BCE
⢠Shang dynasty taken over by Western Zhou
dynasty and later Eastern Zhou dynasty
⢠Period of the Warring States
22. Southeast Asia
Civilisation
⢠200 BCE
⢠travel and large scale farming difďŹcult due to
constraints of the environment
⢠people lived near the sea (based on evidences - clay,
pottery and beads, wall paintings)
23. Maritime Kingdoms
⢠grew rice
⢠domesticated water buffalo
⢠skilled boat builders
⢠conducted trading from villages to villages, from
India to China (rice, coconut, ivory, bracelet,
ceremonial drums)
⢠port cities developed
24. Funan City
Port Oc-eo
Present day Southern
Vietnam
produce rice
25. Srivijaya
Palembang
Rose after the decline
of Funan
trade was important
26. Southeast Asian
Civilisations
⢠Evidences to show there is a form of government:
⢠religious buildings made of stone
⢠palaces made from wood
27. Southeast Asian
Civilisations
⢠Evidences to show there are different occupations:
⢠port cities (traders, ďŹshermen, sailors)
⢠religious buildings (priests)
28. Southeast Asian
Civilisations
⢠Evidences to show there is a form of writing:
⢠written records
⢠stone carvings in Sanskrit and Jawi script