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- Welcome to the Indus Valley! The Indus valley is located in northwest ancient India!
- The dates of the civilization appear to be 2500 B.C.E to 1700 B.C.E. The Indus River is near the Indus Valley!
- Our homes are in the lower city! Our houses are two stories high and have flat roofs.Houses where also made with mud bricks!
- Our houses have narrow windows! Our homes have one to a dozen rooms! People who don't have much money have smaller house and people that are wealthier have bigger houses.
- One of our great achievements is our sewer system! Our sewer system are designed to remove waste water from houses. A network of clay pipes connect to Mohenjodaro's buildings and homes to the main sewer system. Dirty water and waste flowed in channels along the streets, which then emptied in the Indus River. The sewer system enabled all residents of the city, rich or poor, to have had bathrooms in their homes.
- The great bath is 39 feet long and 8 feet deep.
- Dirty water was removed through a drain that ran along one side of the bath. The Great Bath is used for religious rituals because bathing rituals are important in Hinduism. In fact, ancient Hindu temples often featured bathing pools.
- the great bath is built with waterproof bricks!
- Seals are very important to the Indus valley people! They used seals for trade and many seals were found in Mesopotamia. People used seals for markings! Seals where also carved out of stone! Seals had animals carved into them.
- People traded pots, beads, silver, flints, and a lot more! When people trade they get things that they haven't seen before or can't get themselves .
- Trade would help people get the things they need! Trade in important because if other people don't have things you could trade stuff for the things you need.
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