Mohenjo-Daro was built around 2000 BC and thrived for about 200 years.
Mohenjo-Daro was thriving during it's time in the area around modern day Pakistan.
The Mohenjo-Daro was on the banks of the Indus River, the longest river in Pakistan.
The homes in Mohenjo-Daro were separated by a 10 meter wide road that was in a grid-like pattern.
Builders in Mohenjo-Daro would build houses on top of each other to make more houses for people, eventually this made the civilization too overcrowded.
Mohenjo-Daro builders would use mud bricks that were sun or oven dried then stuck together with mud to form houses.
The people of Mohenjo-Daro had a place in their cities which was a gigantic bath house where people had their "great bath".
Hindus still believe in this "great bath" as of today, the religion of the Mohenjo-Daro people still lives on!
The people Mohenjo-Daro had their "great bath" because they believe it was purification their religion.
People kept clean by standing over their brick "shower tray" when they took a shower, then the dirty water would go through the pipes out into the street drainage pipes.
When the people of Mohenjo-Daro would take a shower they would fill a pot with water and dump it over their head in a special room that had a drain, that drain would rake that dirty water through the drainage pipes.
These civilizations used to mostly trade cotton, lumber, grain, and livestock.
Sometimes traders would brought the materials workers needed and took away finished goods to trade in other cities.
The Mohenjo-Daro used to trade with Mesopotamian cities when both of these civilizations still existed.
traders used seals like labels to show who owned a sack of grain, or that the correct city tax had been paid.
Lots of seals have pictures of animals on them, including elephants, rhinoceros, tigers and fish-eating crocodiles.
Traders in Mohenjo-Daro would have inscription seals that all had different animals or symbols on them.