HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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They had skyscrapers.
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They had a strict emperor.
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They had writing on oracle bones.
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They had public works like sanitation and a grid like layout.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The cities were neatly planned out, they have straight roads and a grid pattern which made it easy to move around the city. The main streets were almost 10 metres wide! Some cities, such as Mohenjo-daro, had high walls with gateways.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls. These massive walls likely protected the Harappans from floods and may have deterred military conflicts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Excavation of both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro shows that each city had an advanced city planning, including carefully organized houses, a sewer system, major streets, and warehouses used for storing food and merchandise and large city walls.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the more significant features of Harappan cities was their sophisticated water supply and waste extraction systems. In Mohenjo-daro, water was supplied from some 700 wells to both public and private facilities. Most houses in the lower town had their own bathrooms; many had their own wells.