Civilizations and Bronze-age In the introduction to this series we saw that humans were settling around major rivers and as a result learnt agriculture and started to domesticate animals. The major settlements were around the Indus rivers. As more and more people started to join this settlement, various clusters started to form. This was also the start of internal trades where markets were becoming common. This population explosion was something the people could not handle and it is believed that human waste was accumulating leading to health issues. How did they handle this problem? These problems were the motivational points for the people to start thinking about a structured civilization. Cities were planned and houses were constructed in blocks. Sewage was handled extremely well by this civilization, using closed pipes to divert the human waste. Closed toilets were also constructed in each house. Evidences also sho...
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