Mesopotamia: Inventions by Sarah Tran

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Mesopotamia: Inventions

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MESOPOTAMIAN INVENTIONS

THE FIRST INVENTIONS

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SAILBOAT

Helped Mesopotamians trade along the two rivers.

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CUNEIFORM

Mesopotamia's way of writing.

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WHEEL

Used the wheel to travel and trade.

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PLOW

Used domesticated animals to use the plow so Mesopotamians can farm.

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CALENDAR

Calendars are used to tell time. Also, they had a calendar based on the moon.

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CODE OF HAMMURABI

The first set of laws.

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IRRIGATION

Made water go to one place to another for farming.

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Sarah Tran