The wheel is a circular component designed to rotate on an axle. Its inventor is unknown. This invention made life much easier. It allowed heavy objects to be moved without a large amount of effort. It also made farming/plowing easier.
Cuneiform is one of the earliest forms of writing first found near Jamdet Nasr. Pictographs were first drawn on tablets in vertical columns with a sharp stylus. This allowed people of early civilizations to write in order to communicate and/or record date.
Irrigation systems were dug to help water fields. Water from rainfall and rivers would flow through the dugout canals through the fields. This helped revolutionize agriculture for the time. This work for farmers easier, especially due to the fact that ancient Sumer was very dry and received little rainfall.
A lunisolar calendar is a calendar whose date can tell you both the moon phase and the time of the solar year. This let people know the season and keep track of time as well as tell people the phase of the moon for a given time.
Boats were made out of animal hide and wooden reeds. These boats were easier to build as well as faster than other boats for the time. These boats made both travelling and trade much easier.
Cuneiform is one of the earliest forms of writing first found near Jamdet Nasr. Pictographs were first drawn on tablets in vertical columns with a sharp stylus. This allowed people of early civilizations to write in order to communicate and/or record date.
Irrigation systems were dug to help water fields. Water from rainfall and rivers would flow through the dugout canals through the fields. This helped revolutionize agriculture for the time. This work for farmers easier, especially due to the fact that ancient Sumer was very dry and received little rainfall.
A lunisolar calendar is a calendar whose date can tell you both the moon phase and the time of the solar year. This let people know the season and keep track of time as well as tell people the phase of the moon for a given time.
Boats were made out of animal hide and wooden reeds. These boats were easier to build as well as faster than other boats for the time. These boats made both travelling and trade much easier.