OUR civilization and our cities -oh Vanarasi

OUR civilization and our cities

"Benares is older than history, older than tradition, 
older even than legend, and  .....
 looks twice as old as all of them put together."

Mark Twain                     

TOPIC 1.     OLD cities in the world.

      
              Mohenjo Daro _Nat Geo video

• The Indus Valley civilization was entirely unknown until 1921, when excavations in what would become Pakistan revealed the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro 

• (shown here >>>). 

• This mysterious culture emerged nearly 4,500 years ago and thrived for a thousand years, profiting from the highly fertile lands of the Indus River floodplain and trade with the civilizations of nearby Mesopotamia

FOLLOW UP: 
Any other ooooooold  cities you have heard of?

   Gobekli Tepe: 

a new wonder of the ancient world 

Predating Stonehenge by 6000 years,

"Wow," exclaims the visitor from New Zealand, a place, after all, with a human history shorter than most.

TOPIC 2. TOP 5 Cities

The top five largest cities by population throughout history, from 1000 CE to 1550 CE. 

Watch the video(02:18-->03:34)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-FTxVhFWWw

a) Which where the top five in 1000 CE   

 (Christianity feared the year of Apocalypse)

                 1.............. 2 ................ 3 .................. 4..................   5. ....................

b) Which where the top five in 1218 CE 

Francis of Assisi dreams of going to Egypt and convert the Sultan to put an end to the conflict of the Crusades

               1.............. 2 ................ 3 .................. 4..................   5. ....................

c) Which where the top five in 1550 CE.

The gold from America is going to Antwerpen (via Seville) 

                  1.............. 2 ................ 3 .................. 4..................   5. ....................

ORAL TASK:   Brain storming.

Say something about each period related to the importance of those 5 cities

 in   948 CE  

a)  the top five in 1000 CE   

 

b)  the top five in 1218 CE 

in 1534 CE.

c)  the top five in 1549 CE.