MESOPOTAMIA INVENTIONS

PLOW

• John Deere invented the steel plow.
• the steel plow was invented in 1837.

The Sumerians first invented the wheel. They connected it to vehicles called chariots. It got them to places they wanted to go quickly. It was one of the biggest achievements in history. Without the wheel we wouldn't be here today.

The Mesopotamian calendar was primarily lunar, and the months began with the first sighting of the young, waxing crescent moon just after sunset on the western horizon. Each month was either 29 or 30 days long, and the year approximately 354 days.

Sumerians were making their own writing. It was made for taking account of what they bought or sold.

Mesopotamia was a great civilization. A great civilization needs water and this was supplied by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1772 BC.

Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall

Mesopotamia was not a pure base-60 system, in the sense that it did not use 60 distinct symbols for its digits.