Mound Of The Dead

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Mohenjo-daro, also known as "Mound of the Dead" (1), was once the largest city amongst the four ancient civilizations and which a max population of about five million (1). It is one of the most important civilizations of South Asia (2). The city was laid out along a grid; there were eleven blocks belonging to residents and the twelfth street was dedicated to the fortress (1). It is located in Pakistan near the Indus River (2). The river provided to be very reliable because it would have a bi-annual flood which guaranteed crops (3). The site was not discovered until 1922 (1) but was built around four to five thousand years ago (1). It was also the first major movement from an agricultural lifestyle to an urban city life style (4).

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