Turkeys: Slaughtered at 5 to 6 months young; Natural life span: 2 to 6 years. Ducks/Geese: Slaughtered at 7 to 8 weeks young; Natural life span: domestic ducks: 6 to 8 years; geese from 8 to 15 years.
Since there are virtually no written accounts of this civilization, nearly everything we know about it is from archaeology. The Emergence of Indus Valley Civilization. Early civilization spread around the Indus River, which like the Nile River in. Egypt, would flood and bring water and rich soil. From 3500 to 2600 BC, the Early. Indus (o r Early Harappan) period began in this region.
Indian and Chinese River Valley Civilizations. A prosperous urban civilization emerged along the Indus River by 2500 B.C.E., supporting several large cities, such as Harappa. Indus River peoples had trading contacts with Mesopotamia, but they developed a distinctive alphabet and artistic forms.