Cameron Macsalka Mesopotamia Technology by

Evidence one

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:06:57 UTC

Mesopotamia had one of the greatest inventions in history but was also very simple. "the brick mold. This lets them make many consistently shaped bricks at once.” (pg5 technology article)

Technology

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:07:00 UTC

Technology influenced Mesopotamia because the people of Mesopotamia couldn't farm or to be able to trade overseas and expand the variety of items to create a civilization without technology .

Evidence two

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:07:09 UTC

In the stable food supply slides it states on slide 16 ,“They built canals to control the flooding from the rivers and direct the water to their fields.”

evidence three

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:07:37 UTC

“Many of the tools they developed, such as irrigation systems, sailboats, written language, and brick molds, are still in use today.”(pg6 technology article)

reasoning one

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:08:12 UTC

The brick mold assisted mesopotamia to build giant structures and homes. They would also make pots and bowls to store food all year round while other cultures perished due to having to keep moving all year long with the harvest.

reasoning two

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:08:27 UTC

Mesopotamia was a very hot environment and they needed water at all times so they built the canals. This would help with not having to travel long distances to the tigris and euphrates rivers every day. Mesopotamians also had many crops for food so they needed water to grow all the crops.

reasoning three

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:08:41 UTC

All of these tools started civilization boats created trade irrigation systems helped build a stable food supply, written language created a way to pass on stories and brick molds made a way to build and survive all year long.

Counter claim: Stable food supply

944393_1 — 2024-10-07 17:16:49 UTC

Some people would argue food supply is the most important piece of civilization but without technology food supply would never have happened because you need tools to grow crops and irrigation systems to water plants. Without the water they could never keep the crops alive which shows how you need technology for basic food supply.