1. By: Bayley Reiswig

2. Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa  Dozens of crisscrossing streets.  Big avenues painted tan and smaller avenues sometimes weren’t paved.  Hundreds of small, sturdy one room houses.  Some houses were several stories high.  Some even had airy courtyards or balconies.  At the west end of the cities stood a large citadel or a massive fort.  The citadel had big, thick walls to protect from attacks or floods.  Next to that stood a large grain bin, for surpluses of crops. Special Buildings

3. There were sewer systems with manholes to keep the city clean. Bricks used for roads and buildings were exactly measured. They dug wells throughout the city. http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- 8&safe=strict&q=images&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

4. They sold stone seals in what is today, Iran. They also made necklaces from stones brought from today’s India. They brought home blue stones called lapis lazuli from today’s Afghanistan. This and much more was traded with the Mesopotamians. http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- 8&safe=strict&q=images&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

5.  Engineers dug wells and created sewer systems with manholes.  Builders laid bricks and built roads and homes.  Craft workers included potters, who made water jars, cooking jars, and other containers, metal workers, who made everything from metal fish hooks to razors, weavers may have even made the first pieces of cloth from cotton.  Farmers grew wheat, barley, beans, sesame, and many more kinds of crops. They also built irrigation canals to bring water from the rivers to their crops.

6.  World Adventures in Time and Space. New York, NY: Macmillan/McGraw Hill Co, 1997.