https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2018-03-28 17:48:00 UTC 2023-06-20 06:13:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png mackenzie_lehnen_23 https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/249949829 Mohenjo-daro is thought has been built in the twenty-sixth century BCE; it did not only become the largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization but one of the world’s earliest major urban centers]]> 2018-04-09 17:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/249949829 mackenzie_lehnen_23 https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250848604 Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, and the recently partially-excavated Rakhigarhi demonstrate the world's first known urban sanitation systems. The ancient Indus systems of sewage and drainage developed and used in cities throughout the Indus region were far more advanced than any found in contemporary urban sites in the Middle East and even more efficient than those in many areas of Pakistan and India today. Individual homes drew water from wells, while ]]> 2018-04-11 17:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250848604 mackenzie_lehnen_23 https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250849700 The people and children of the Indus River Valley Civilization achieved many notable advances in technology, including great accuracy in their systems and tools for measuring length and mass. Fire-baked bricks—which were uniform in size and moisture-resistant—were important in building baths and sewage structures and are evidence that Harappans were among the first to develop a system of standardized weights and measures. ]]> 2018-04-11 17:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250849700 mackenzie_lehnen_23 https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250851427 The Indus River Valley Civilization is considered a Bronze Age society; inhabitants of the ancient Indus River Valley developed new techniques in metallurgy—the science of working with copper, bronze, lead, and tin. Harappans also performed intricate handicraft using products made of the semi-precious gemstone Carnelian.

]]> 2018-04-11 17:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250851427 mackenzie_lehnen_23 https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250853471 Trade focused on importing raw materials to be used in Harappan city workshops, including minerals from Iran and Afghanistan, lead and copper from other parts of India, jade from China, and cedar wood floated down rivers from the Himalayas and Kashmir. Other trade goods included terracotta pots, gold, silver, metals, beads, flints for making tools, seashells, pearls, and colored gemstones, such as lapis lazuli and turquoise.]]> 2018-04-11 17:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mackenzie_lehnen_23/2ktgh4vf0dgx/wish/250853471