Impact the structure of the society and its laws

Essay Questions

• Indian civilization, similar to other civilizations we have already discussed or will study in the future in this course, developed in a valley of a river, in this case, Indus. Why this particular geographic region?
• What characteristics of this particular region enabled the Indian civilization to develop?
• How did these geographical characteristics impact the structure of the society and its laws, the perception of nature and the relationship between nature and people, and the development of the Indian civilization over time?
• What other civilization can you think of that showed a similar relationship between development and geography?
• Please make sure to support your answers to the above questions with factual evidence.