houghts more easily. Egyptians used this way of communicating to write stories of adventure, fairy tales, and even love. One such love poem by a young Egyptian reads, "Now I'll lie down inside and act as if I'm sick. My neighbors will come in to visit, and with them my girl. She'll put the doctors out, for she's the one to know my hurt." Similar to the Sumerian and Egyptian civilizations, the earliest known Indian civilization was found on a great river, the Indus. Around 2500 BCE on a large mass of land jutting southward into the Indian Ocean where some regions were very wet and others were arid deserts, we find the Indian society. Instead of floods, however, the Indians had to deal with other natural disasters such as monsoons. Their landscape was that of jungles and deserts that provided a challenge for those who inhabited it. This land mass is comparable in size to Europe and its inner cultures are equally diverse.The Aryans, being the most dominant group in the subcontinent, assimilated much from the northern Indians in the Indus river valley. After this integration, a southeastern progression found the Aryans in the Ganges Plain where they conquered the locals and created a civilization that widened to cover most of south Asia. This society was one of nomadic tribes individually led by a chief known as a Rajah. The fertile land of the Indus valley proved more than sufficient for agriculture and this soon become a way of life for them. Cattle became not only an additional source of food, but a form of money as well. Wealth was determined by the size of one's herd, which often led to war as cattle were frequently stolen. In the Indus valley, the rise of civilization showed traits similar to that of the Sumerians a thousand years prior. Both civilizations consisted of Neolithic farmers and spread out on the valleys of the river to take advantage of the fertile soil and abundance of water. The cities of Mohenjo-Daro an...
