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Early History
New Countries, Ancient lands•Pakistan and Bangladesh are both developing countries and are striving to make their way to the modern world.
New Countries, Ancient lands
Early History
• Pakistan held one of the largest civilizations.• Indus valley civilization started in 2000 B.C.• They were the most advanced civilizations of
their time.
Early History
Early History
• The end of the British rule brought the partition, or division.
• Partition caused wars between Muslims and Hindus
Partition and war
Early history
• Pakistan fights with India over Kashmir.• Governments are corrupted• The country is having struggles becoming
developed due to the partitions and indifferences between religions.
Military rule
Struggling Economies
• People of Pakistan struggle to grow enough crops.
• Government encourages the modern way of growing crops but farmers prefer the traditional way.
• Most productive areas are irrigated parts of Indus valley.
• Main export is jute used for rope, carpets and industrial-quality sacks
Substance farming
Struggling Economies
• Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are not industrialized.
• Most factories are relativity small.• Lack of resources and markets for expansions.• Has introduced microcredit, it allows small
businesses to work together.
Small industry
One Religion, Many People
• Most people at Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslims. In both countries Islam Is an important unifying force.
Religion in the region
One Religion, Many People
• The faithful observed Islamic culture, these cultures, included daily prayer and participation in Ramadan.
• Ramadan is a month long period of fasting from sunrise to sunset.
Islamic culture
One Religion, Many People
• Pakistan is also more ethnically diverse than Bangladesh.
• Pakistan has five main ethnic groups.PunjabisPashtunsSindhisSeraikis
Ethnic Diversity
Modern life and culture
• Many Pakistan's memorize long poems and can recite them by heart.
• The greatest literary figure in Bangladesh is the poet kahindranath Tagore.
Love of poetry
Modern life and culture
• Music and dance are also important forms of expression in Bangladesh and Pakistan is folk music of various types.
• they are popular in rural areas.
Music and dance
Vocabulary• Indus valley civilizations- an ancient
civilization that flourished in the Indus river valley from about 2500 to 1500 B.C. extensive archaeological excavations at the main sites of moneojo-daro and Harappa in Pakistan.
• Partition- the action or state of divinity or being divided into parts.
• Kashmir- a former princely state in south west Asia adjacent to India, Pakistan, sin kiang, and Tibet; sovereignty in dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.
vocabulary
• Microcredit- the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest especially to startup a company or self employed person.
• Entrepreneur- A person who organizes and manages any enterprise especially a business usually with considerable initiative.
• Ramadan- the ninth month of the Muslim calendar