Ancient Mesopotamia invented a lot of things including the wheel, cuneiform, irrigation, and ziggurats. So, the earliest wheel were invented in about 3,500 BC.
The earliest form wheels were rollers placed underneath heavy objects to roll them along. After that, people discovered that placing rollers under heavy objects made it even harder to carry. Eventually, these runners and rollers evolved into wheels that we use today.
They also developed cuneiform, the first written language. Cuneiform was written in clay. Even after the fall of the Sumerians, other civilizations used cuneiform as their of writing. As the reader, you can see that the Mesopotamians had many contributions, and a prolonged legacy.
They also developed irrigation. Irrigation was also invented in Mesopotamia, because southern Mesopotamia was dry and there was not enough rain to grow crops. People dug trenches so that water flowed to water flowed to water their crops. Irrigation was really important, especially for the farmers. This was because it would water the land and make it ready for agriculture. This was very important it for the Mesopotamians because farming was a very important component of their daily life.
Also, they invented and used a system of math based on the number 60. This is still a very important part of our daily lives today because we still divide an hour into 60 minutes. We also put 360 degrees into a circle. They have more contributions that affect our life in the 21st century.
That would be the fact that we still use words from Mesopotamia. Those words were: crocus, which is a flower, and saffron which is both a color and a spice. Cuneiform was the first written language. It was invented by the Sumerians in roughly 5,000 BC.
The earliest form wheels were rollers placed underneath heavy objects to roll them along. After that, people discovered that placing rollers under heavy objects made it even harder to carry. Eventually, these runners and rollers evolved into wheels that we use today.
They also developed cuneiform, the first written language. Cuneiform was written in clay. Even after the fall of the Sumerians, other civilizations used cuneiform as their of writing. As the reader, you can see that the Mesopotamians had many contributions, and a prolonged legacy.
They also developed irrigation. Irrigation was also invented in Mesopotamia, because southern Mesopotamia was dry and there was not enough rain to grow crops. People dug trenches so that water flowed to water flowed to water their crops. Irrigation was really important, especially for the farmers. This was because it would water the land and make it ready for agriculture. This was very important it for the Mesopotamians because farming was a very important component of their daily life.
Also, they invented and used a system of math based on the number 60. This is still a very important part of our daily lives today because we still divide an hour into 60 minutes. We also put 360 degrees into a circle. They have more contributions that affect our life in the 21st century.
That would be the fact that we still use words from Mesopotamia. Those words were: crocus, which is a flower, and saffron which is both a color and a spice. Cuneiform was the first written language. It was invented by the Sumerians in roughly 5,000 BC.