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Name three of those ancient civilizations.

  Give a short background of where those civilizations


existed and the reasons for their society's collapse.

1. The Indus Valley Civilization or Harappa Civilization was discovered in 1921 in


Harappa, at the Punjab Region. Based on the excavations, this civilization existed
around 5000BCE with its communities having an advanced city life. There were
bathrooms, wells, and underground drainages that are well-equipped. However, no
one can confirm what happened to its over 5 million people. One theory says that
their collapse was caused by a massive Aryan migration but archaeologists did not
found any evidence of military war. Another theory is that their collapse was caused
by climate change which flooded the area due to continuous rains. The decline of
this civilization up until now is still a mystery.

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