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HARZEMŞAHLAR STATE Establishment of the Harzemşahlar State Considered the ancestor of the Harzemshah State, Anuş Tigin was taken as a prisoner by Bilge Tigin, one of the Seljuk Emir, as a Turkish youth from Harezm and started to receive education and training in the Seljuk Palace. Anuş Tigin, who worked as a servant in the Seljuk Palace, rose to the task of Taştdar in time and started to work as a pitcher for the Sultan to take ablution and wash his hands. The palace duty, which started…

Indus Valley Civilization

Going back to 2700 BCE, the Indus Valley Civilization had some of the earliest known urban sanitation systems. With drainage and sewage in every home, these ancient urban planners were truly ahead of their time! #plumbinghistory #indusvalley #plumbingpioneers #mpm #maxwellplumb #didyouknow #history #plumbing #nyc #trivia #plumbingtrivia #ancientplumbing

This ancient city, located in the Sindh province, is believed to be one of the earliest urban settlements in the world. The ruins of Mohenjo-daro date back to 2500 BCE, and they are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Chinese society grew, developed and flourished in the loess regions associated with the eastern parts of High Asia. This was/is the most impressive and longest lasting of the ancient civilizations and it can be argued that it owes much of its success to its firm foundation in the loess lands. There were/are loess lands associated with the western end of High Asia; not so spectacular and amazing as the Chinese occurrences but significant and deserving of appreciation. The Central Asian…

The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age Civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Al…

Collection of Indus Valley Stamp Seals in indecipherable Harappan language (3500-1900 BCE) Often, animals such as bulls, elephants, rhinoceros, water buffaloes and the mythical unicorn accompanied the text on seals to help the illiterate identify the origin of a particular seal.

Called 'The Priest King' this iconic Harappan statue was found in Mohenjo Daro Existing several hundred years after the Varna Culture, and home of one of the worlds first major urban center, the Indus River Valley Civilization, or Harappa Civilization, was almost forgotten to history until the early 20th century. Contemporaries with Egypt and Sumer, the Harappa civilization has some of the earliest and finest examples of urban planning, writing, and a standardized system of weights and…