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Flush toilets were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization
Primitive forms of flush toilets have been found to exist since ancient Neolithic times. The oldest neolithic village in Britain, dating from circa 31st century BC, Skara Brae, Orkney, used a form of hydraulic technology for sanitation.[SUP]
[/SUP] The village's design used a river and connecting drainage system to wash waste away.
Toilets that used water were also used in the Indus Valley Civilization. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had a flush toilet in almost every house, attached to a sophisticated sewage system.( See also Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization.) They also appear in Knossos and Akrotiri of the ancient Minoan civilization from the 2nd millennium BC.[SUP]
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Similar flush toilets were in use throughout the Roman Empire from the 1st through 5th centuries AD. Some examples include those at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall in Britain. With the fall of the Roman Empire, these toilet systems fell into disuse
Flush toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Primitive forms of flush toilets have been found to exist since ancient Neolithic times. The oldest neolithic village in Britain, dating from circa 31st century BC, Skara Brae, Orkney, used a form of hydraulic technology for sanitation.[SUP]
[/SUP] The village's design used a river and connecting drainage system to wash waste away.
Toilets that used water were also used in the Indus Valley Civilization. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had a flush toilet in almost every house, attached to a sophisticated sewage system.( See also Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization.) They also appear in Knossos and Akrotiri of the ancient Minoan civilization from the 2nd millennium BC.[SUP]
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Similar flush toilets were in use throughout the Roman Empire from the 1st through 5th centuries AD. Some examples include those at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall in Britain. With the fall of the Roman Empire, these toilet systems fell into disuse
Flush toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
