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13.2 Key features of the Asian world
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1 The development of ancient societies in China and India were influenced by the world’s tallest
mountain range. What are these mountains called?
2 Ancient India had two separate civilisations. What were they called?
3 In what way were the social structures of ancient Chinese and ancient Indian societies similar?
4 How did the ancient Chinese writing system begin?
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5 Explain what was unique about the status of women in the Indus Valley civilisation.
6 Predict how India and China may have developed differently if they had not been surrounded by
natural barriers.