The Toilet
The modern day toilet has been an innovation that has cleaned up the world's sanitary problems since the late 1800s when it was created. Imagine what life would be like without the use of the toilet? Think about an average person in the American society lasting a lifetime without one? Well luckily thanks to the invention of the toilet, most people in the world do not have to worry about living in unsanitary conditions without one. The invention of the toilet has helped change the ways of the early primitive ways of disposal by preventing major catastrophes in the world, it has been brought about by many creators to work properly, and has modernized the world and has helped clean up the world's human disposal. Before the toilet was invented some early civilizations suffered while others found ways of disposal that were very primitive. Some created latrines which were basically like a modern-day outhouse. Others simply went on their own, and created many problems as many people were killed by disease in the Middle Ages due to no toilet or sewage system. Karen Carr writes that the ancient people of Rome used Early "big public toilets and baths"(1). The Romans would utilize these places often as going to the baths daily. There was available "running water" that would lead or flush the contaminants away(Gill, 1). Then N.S. Gill points out that then the contaminants of early Rome would run through "sewage lines" which are also known as aqueducts(1). This was a very effective way to dispose of waste and help stop the spread of disease in Rome as many other civilizations were not able to do so with their lack of sanitation.
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer writes on his webpage that homes in the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro have shown the existence of primitive toilets which shows that the people of early times knew that sanitation was an essential and needed to be improved for their civilization to survive although the people of Mohenjo-Daro eventually died
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer writes on his webpage that homes in the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro have shown the existence of primitive toilets which shows that the people of early times knew that sanitation was an essential and needed to be improved for their civilization to survive although the people of Mohenjo-Daro eventually died
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