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Comparison between the Indus and modern society

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In the cradle of south Asia, around 200 BC to 700 AD, there once flourished a civilization called the Indus. Their advancements are almost as equal to our modern technology in areas such as plumbing, housing and road planning. But how similar or different are they from our McDonald eating, computer gaming lives? A family, the placement of that family in society, the way they're treated if they are not a majority, what they believe in and what they thought of death; how different or similar were they to us? In our society, family only consists of the immediate family such as mom, dad, brother(s) and/ or sister(s), and maybe a pet. Family in the eyes of the Indus meant the whole community, which would have most likely included grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, everyone. We take for granted that we all have equal rights and the same opportunities. In the Indus...

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