How is Harappa different from Mesopotamian civilization?

According to archaeological tradition, Harappa was the first discovered site. I would like to mention one amazing fact about Harappan Civilization people did not have any idea about Iron during 2500BC. read more

Mesopotamia Civilization: Era of Mesopotamia Civilization started from 5000BC. Mesopotamia encompasses the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which have their headwaters in the Armenian Highlands. Both rivers are fed by numerous tributaries, and the entire river system drains a vast mountainous region. Facts about Mesopotamia Civilization: It is situated between two rivers named Tigris and Euphrates. read more

Like the Sumerians, the Harappan civilization had a social hierarchy. In Mesopotamia the highest class consisted of nobles, priests and important officers, as did the highest classes in the Indus Valley, although the priests and scholars were considered slightly higher than the noblemen. read more

Concurrently, in the area that is now Pakistan, part of Afghanistan and Northern India the Harappan civilization appeared in the flood plain of the Indus and Hakra rivers. Its two most important cities were Mojeno-doro and Harappa. The Sumerian and Harappan economies developed along similar lines, and have comparable religious and social structures. read more

comparative study of the harappan and mesopotamian civilisation At the dawn of civilization two distinct civilizations appeared in Mesopotamia. and the Indus Valley: the Sumerians and the Harappans. The Sumerians settled in the valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a land known as Mesopotamia, the area known today as Kuwait and Iraq. read more