Mesopotamia Inventions by Samuel Meteer https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523 Important Facts to share. en-us 2016-09-27 21:42:41 UTC 2025-11-25 15:21:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Irrigation allowed them to control water for crops to grow more food. smeteer https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/126823638 2016-09-27 21:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/126823638 smeteer https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/126824551 Wheels are round
(not a good fact)]]> 2016-09-27 21:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/126824551 Chariot https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129876189 Allows them to fight wars stronger.Also allows them to travel faster A]]> 2016-10-11 16:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129876189 they inveted time on a 60 second scale for sixty second minutes and sixty  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129876598 2016-10-11 16:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129876598 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877187 the first wheel was created in 3,500 bc]]> 2016-10-11 16:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877187 maps  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877189 helps them to know where there going

]]> 2016-10-11 16:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877189 they used a sixty to base time for sixty second minutes and sixty second hours https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877198 2016-10-11 16:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877198 The Clay tablet,Cunieform  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877229 2016-10-11 16:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877229 First Sailboat https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877237 The first boat was invented ]]> 2016-10-11 16:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877237 Wheel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877311 the wheel was used for the chariot,irrigation and]]> 2016-10-11 16:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877311 Maps were made for people to find there way to trading and hunting grounds it well be alittle sketch on a clay tablet https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877455 2016-10-11 16:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877455 they invented the arch to use as city gates https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877459 2016-10-11 16:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877459 astronomy and astrology https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877565 2016-10-11 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877565 Chariot https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877663 Allows them to fight wars stronger.Also allows them to travel faster a]]> 2016-10-11 16:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877663 Time was to tell when it will be dark time was divied into 60 parts which was 60 secounds then 60 minutes an https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877903 2016-10-11 16:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129877903 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878008 The oldest wheel in Mesmotamia was named ''Ljubljana Marshes Wheel'']]> 2016-10-11 16:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878008 The First Sailboat https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878089 The first boat was invented and used as transportation rivers]]> 2016-10-11 16:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878089 Cuneiform,Clay Tablet, and the Law https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878104 The clay tablet is to be able to keep track of things and to be able to right cuneiform and cuneiform to right down the laws and the laws to keep everything in check and the people not going around and doing whatever they want ]]> 2016-10-11 16:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878104 cuneiform https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878111 helps them right laws or rules down ]]> 2016-10-11 16:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878111 they invented the arch to use as city gates https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878131








]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878131 wheel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878303 the wheel was not used for moving things it was used for a potter's wheel is used to shape pottery
:)]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878303 the hamurabi code was found by the french in 1901.         hamurabi ruled from 1792 bc to 1750 bc.          and his code was writen  in cquneuform  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878306 2016-10-11 16:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878306 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878309 Hammurabi's code ]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878309 Wheel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878337 the wheel was used for the chariot,irrigation,and milling

]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878337 they built levees to control the water    https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878353 2016-10-11 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878353 Mathematics https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878357 helped them keep track of what they sold and traded]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878357 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878511 the first wheel was not used for tacking thing on 
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]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878511 Chariot https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878555 Allows them to fight wars stronger.Also allows them to travel faster and use up close weapons more often

]]> 2016-10-11 16:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878555 The first wheel wasn't used for transport it was for p https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878579 2016-10-11 16:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878579 plow  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878615 the plow was used to soften the soil for farming]]> 2016-10-11 16:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878615 that in habrabis code you kill some on e then someone kills you https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878632 2016-10-11 16:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878632 They invented chariots by using domesticated horses and bulls for personal transportation to travel through out the land https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878751 2016-10-11 16:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878751   https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878790 the first 282 laws were about a eye for an eye . ]]> 2016-10-11 16:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878790 Map  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878901 They invented the map to let them travel easier]]> 2016-10-11 16:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878901 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878941 Hammaurabi only had control of 50 sq miles when he was controling Babylon.

]]> 2016-10-11 16:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878941 The first sailboat was invented to sail across rivers holding people and resourses they also used them for far trading https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878987 2016-10-11 16:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129878987 The Invention of the Wheel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879010 The wheel was not used for transportation]]> 2016-10-11 16:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879010 they invented time through a circle 360 deegrees https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879307 2016-10-11 16:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879307 Sailboat https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879317 the sailboat was used to get people across the rivers easier ]]> 2016-10-11 16:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879317 The earliest plow was made of wood and was heavy https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879345 2016-10-11 16:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879345 Urban Civilization https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879514 They made it possible to feed people and animals in the same place. They also used taxes.]]> 2016-10-11 16:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879514 charoit https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879610 helps them in war 

]]> 2016-10-11 16:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879610 Sumerians in invented cuneiform  https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879722 2016-10-11 16:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879722 1.meopotamia invented the cradle,2.and the laws,3.also writing https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879800 2016-10-11 16:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879800 The biggest problem with the plow is that the dirt would stick to it and needed to be removed manually https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879909 2016-10-11 16:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129879909 Writing https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880171 Cuneiform is the old style of writing mesmotmia]]> 2016-10-11 16:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880171 The plow helped the hunter-gatherers stay in one place so they didn't need to rely on animals as much https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880506 2016-10-11 16:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880506 oldest wheel was named ljubljana marshes wheel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880707 2016-10-11 16:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880707 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880825 2016-10-11 16:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880825 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880996 2016-10-11 16:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/129880996 Cuneiform https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337698898 Cuneiform helped the civilizations note down important needs, further developing communication.]]> 2022-10-12 21:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337698898 glass https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337700507 Glass has always been found in nature, but the first glass created by humans can be dated to about 4,000 years ago, when craftsmen working in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, discovered the art of mixing sand, soda, and lime to make glass.]]> 2022-10-12 21:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337700507 coins https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337701486
The Mesopotamian shekel – the first known form of currency – emerged nearly 5,000 years ago. The earliest known mints date to 650 and 600 B.C. in Asia Minor, where the elites of Lydia and Ionia used stamped silver and gold coins to pay armies.
]]> 2022-10-12 21:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337701486 clay tablets https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337702325 Damp clay was formed into a flat tablet. The writer used a stylus made from a stick or reed to impress the symbols in the clay, then left the tablet in the air to harden. This tablet is marked with symbols showing quantities of barley rations for workers.]]> 2022-10-12 21:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337702325 Hammurabi's code https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337702965 "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth..."]]> 2022-10-12 21:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337702965 cloth aka clothes https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337703122 Modern knowledge of their dress is imperfect, but it seems to have been simple. Woolen cloth, made from the flocks of local sheep, was employed. It was cut into squares of fabric and then pinned on the shoulders and bound around the body]]> 2022-10-12 21:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337703122 The Weel https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337703202 The Weel was invented in 3500 BC and it was used for transportation for the rich people. It was also used for irrigation, pottery, and milling.]]> 2022-10-12 21:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337703202 sailboats https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704304 They were simple wooden boats that would carry people and goods downstream and then back upstream. But boats need people to navigate and guide them across rough waters, so the solution of having a vessel carry their goods and people had to be refined. Thus sailboats were invented.]]> 2022-10-12 21:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704304 Sailboat https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704344 Transportation by land was difficult and took an enormous amount of time. The Sumerians realized that transportation via sea would be a lot easier and more convenient]]> 2022-10-12 21:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704344 laws https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704437 they invented laws, so everything went smooth and that it would punish people who did bad things like take an eye out ]]> 2022-10-12 21:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704437 https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704891 they made mathematics]]> 2022-10-12 21:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337704891 Hammurabi's code https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337705354  As the sayings eye for an eye or tooth for a tooth is like saying if i can do this you shall be punished. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337705354 wheels https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706000
The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-​​day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood. It was only in 2000 BC that the discs began to be hollowed out to make a lighter wheel. This innovation led to major advances in two main areas.
]]> 2022-10-12 21:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706000 Time https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706056 Time was invented to tell when people needed to do something or go somewhere. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706056 Levees https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706100 Levees helped the farmers of Mesopotamia control the water levels for the crops, releasing water into plots if they wanted to water crops.]]> 2022-10-12 21:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337706100 Time https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337707342 The time was for priestesses and priests to know when to pray to the gods. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337707342 Mathematics https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337707470 Mathematics was invented so they could count the amount of money they had. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337707470 Mesopotamia https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337708949 Nebudchazzar made one of the seven wonders of the world; The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 
Sargon was the ruler of the Akkadian empire.  MQ]]> 2022-10-12 21:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337708949 Cuneiform https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709096 Cuneiform was the way of writing back then. It was used by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites, Elamites, and the Akkadians for 3,000 years. They would write on Cuneiform on chunks of wet clay and after they were done writing they would set it in the sun to dry.]]> 2022-10-12 21:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709096 Irrigation https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709113 Irrigation was invented for watering crops and growing food.]]> 2022-10-12 21:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709113 Cuneiform, levees, and sailboats https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709196 The word cuneiform means wedge shaped. The ancient Sumerians created so that they could write down laws and records about their lives. Levees are mounds of dirt that keep water out of fields. The Sumerians created levees to protect their crops from floods. The sailboat was a Sumerian invention that allowed Sumerians to travel across the river. ]]> 2022-10-12 21:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337709196 Ziggurat https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337710981 A ziggurat is a pyramid-like structure, having several layers until it reaches the top floor. The top floor is a palace that holds the god. People would make sacrifices and popes would preach there.]]> 2022-10-12 21:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smeteer/m8bcwu8eg523/wish/2337710981