The people of this Indus Valley civilization did not build massive monuments like their contemporaries, nor did they bury riches among their dead in golden tombs. There were no mummies, no emperors, and no violent wars or bloody battles in their territory.
enormity. n, pl-ties. 1. the quality or character of being outrageous; extreme wickedness. 2. an act of great wickedness; atrocity. 3. vastness of size or extent.
The extremity of a situation or of someone's behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable. In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane. [+ of] In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate. [+ of] Only in extremity, when his defences had been reduced by six weeks of bombing, was he ready to leave. More Synonyms of extremity COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.