Mohenjo-Daro was the greatest of the ancient citadel cities in the Indus River Valley.  With over 40,000 inhabitants and advanced plumbing in Mohenjo-Daro alone.  The Harappan civilization was the largest and the most advanced of it's day, and but for some reason the cities of the Indus Valley were abruptly abandoned.  Since no archaeologist or historian has ever been able to decode the writing they left behind, no one knows why.  Use the following story starter to tell what you think happened to the city of Mohenjo-Daro.  "It was a dark and windy night as the town of Mohenjo-Daro slept.  Little did anyone know that this was their last night..."

It was a dark and windy night as the town of Mohenjo-Daro slept.  Little did anyone know that this was their last night.  The next morning things were going bad, half of everyone's cattle had died during the night.  No one knew why, but perhaps it was due to the higher amount of mosquitos and lice than normal.  Then the next day locus arrived and ate all the fields, so that there was nothing left to eat.  Gladly, they had some storage.  Then an army attacked the next day.  They kept their whole country but lost way more than half of their men over the next 3 days.  It was a bad week for Mohenjo-Daro.  There were almost 20,000 men left from the battle.

The next day, there was a big earthquake.  Gladly only a building and a half fell day, and only 1 man was killed.  But then another army attacked, with fire archers over the citadel walls.  By the time it was over Mohenjo-Daro won, but they only had 10,000 men left.  Over the next five days, half of the army men got sick and died from leprosy.  It was another bad week for Mohenjo-Daro, but the last week was the worst of all.

The king was sick from leprosy, but luckily he got cured.  2,000 men had heart attacks in their sleep.  No one knows why, but maybe it was because all of the trouble they had been through in the last 2 weeks.  Then another 2,000 men died in another battle, almost being conquered by the Babylonians.  The king died by age, and his 1,000 men left and joined a new empire.  Because they weren't having much luck in Mohenjo-Daro.  That is why Mohenjo-Daro is gone today.

-As discovered by Archaeologist Britt