Pyu city-states

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/pyu-city-states

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1. Where is Pyu city-states?Irrawaddy River valley, Myanmar (Asia)
2. What language do people speak in Pyu city-states?Pyu language (an extinct Tibeto-Burman language)
3. What money is used in Pyu city-states?Silver coins, known as Pyu coins, featuring various symbols
4. Which continent is Pyu city-states in?Asia
5. When did the Pyu city-states exist?They started around the 2nd century BCE and were thriving until about the 10th century CE.
6. How did the Pyu people grow food?They built irrigation systems and grew rice, which helped many people live in their cities.

Urbanism: The study of cities and the development of urban societies and their characteristics.
Irrawaddy River valley: The fertile region in Myanmar drained by the Irrawaddy River, historically crucial for civilization.
Brahmi scripts: An ancient Indian writing system from which many scripts in South and Southeast Asia, including the Pyu script, are derived.
State formation: The process by which political units, like kingdoms or states, develop from simpler forms of social organization.