Sewers and sanitation: the whole path

  1. 1
    Tools & MakingI

    Stone Tools

    The first cutting edge

    3.3 Mya

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Fire & ShelterI

    Rope & Cordage

    Twisted fibres that hold the world

    46,000 years ago

  4. 4
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    20,000 years ago

    needs 2

  5. 5
    Building & CitiesII

    Lime and lime mortar

    Burnt stone that turns back to stone

    12,000 years ago

    needs 1, 2

  6. 6
    Fire & ShelterII

    Drinking Water

    Draw, settle, filter, boil

    c. 8,400 BCE

    needs 2, 3, 4

  7. 7
    Building & CitiesII

    Bricks

    Standard blocks of earth

    c. 7,500 BCE

  8. 8
    Building & CitiesIII

    Sewers and sanitation

    Keeping waste away from water

    c. 2,500 BCE

    Goal · needs 4, 5, 6, 7


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