MESOPOTAMIAN INVENTIONS

PLOW

• The plow was invented by 3000 B.C.
• The plow has changed from wood to metal.
• The plow was used to loosen the soil to plant seeds.
• The plow can be used by hand, machine, or animals.
• This made life easier for farmers.

THE WHEEL

• The wheel was invented around 3500 B.C.
• The wheel has changed from wood to metal and steel.
• Carriages were formed because of the wheel.
• People could travel faster.
• Many things today use wheels.

THE CALENDAR

• The calendar was invented around the 2nd millennium B.C.
• It was primarily lunar.
• The calendar began on the first sighting lf the waxing crescent moon.
• Months were added to keep the lunar calendar in agreement with the seasonal schedule.
• Our calendar is a lot different than Mesopotamia's calendar.

CUNEIFORM

• Cuneiform is one of the earliest known systems of writing.
• It was made on wedge-shaped clay tablets that they put in the sun to dry.
• It was made using reeds, or the stylus.
• It helped people to communicate.
• It used signs as words.

THE SAILBOAT

• The Mesopotamian's used the sailboat to get drinking water.
• They also used the sailboat to fish in the two rivers.
• The sailboat was invented around 3000 B.C.
• The sailboat helped to travel across large bodies of water.
• The sailboat helped people in Mesopotamia trade with other countries.

THE CODE OF HAMMARABI

• Hammarabi was the babylonian king from 1792 to 1750, 42 years.
• A code was named after him, called the Code of Hammarabi.
• The code was very strict.
• The code was invented in the year 1750 B.C.
• Hammarabi's religion was Babylonian Religion.

IRRIGATION

• Irrigation supplied water to places that didn't get water.
• They could do this through pipes or ditches.
• This was invented around 6000 B.C.
• Irrigation helped people water their crops.
• Now, we use sprinklers to water our land.

NUMBER SYSTEMS

• It had a base of 60.
• It had the numerals 1 and 10
• It was invented around 3100 B.C.
• They were formed on tablets of clay
• They used reeds, or the stylus, to make the numbers, and they set the clay in out in the sun to dry.

THE MESOPOTAMIAN INVENTIONS