1700 Bc facts
While investigating facts about 1700 Bc, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The earliest flush toilets were used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization (existing from approx. 3300 BC - 1700 BC). Almost every home in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had a flush toilet connected to a common sewage system.
The potato was first domesticated in the region of southern Peru and northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BC. According to conservative estimates, the introduction of the potato was responsible for a quarter of the growth in Old World population and urbanization between 1700 and 1900.
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Yoga may have begun earlier than the sixth or 7th century BC but most believe it began in the Vedic period (1700-500 BC).
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The most famous pyramids in the world are those in Egypt. The Egyptians began to build pyramids in 2700 BC, and continued to build them until 1700 BC.
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Humans and wooly mammoths were still livng together all the way up until 1700 BC
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Pygmy mammoth species survived until 1700 BC, and were likely painted on the walls of Egyptian tombs
