Have you ever thought about what would happen if toilets never existed? Toilets are an
integral part of our daily life. In developed countries, they allow for us to dispose waste
appropriately, without the fear of contaminating our water sources. Toiles are important for
a healthy and sustainable way of life because they are a way to get rid of waste. Toilets
have been around from the ancient time, the middle ages, and the modern day. Toilets
came from a hole in a ground to a complex sewage system.
In the ancient world, toilets were built by stone farmers that lived in villages (Source card
A) .The farmers built stone huts that had drains built under them and some of the houses
had cubicles over the drains which meant that they were inside toilets (Source card A). In
the south east of the world, ancient rich Egyptians had proper bathrooms and toilets in
their homes. (needs citation) The toilets were made with limestone and for the poor people
they had to do with a wooden stool with a hole in it (Source card A). Egypt did not have
drains, so the wealthy Egyptians would use slaves to empty it by hand. (Source card A). In
the Indus Valley, the civilization’s streets were built on a grid pattern and networks of
sewers were dug under them (Source card A).
During the Middle Ages, toilets were simply pits in the ground with wooden seats over
them (Source card A). However, Monks built stone or wooden lavatories over rivers
