Ancient Times with Ms.B! by Katie Benson https://padlet.com/bensonk9/xv68oagzsr9aij Okay, let's get a few things straight. We owe an awful lot of life's conveniences to those cool people of Ancient Meso...Meso...Mesowhatever, Egypt, China, India, and everywhere in between. I mean, really, we could be wandering around, foraging for food, if these people hadn't figure out a few things; invented a few things. So, here is where we keep track of the incredible discoveries and events that make ancient times so intriguing. Are you ready? Yeah? Then let's get started by going wayyyyyy back in time....at least 9000 years back in time! en-us 2020-07-28 05:08:19 UTC 2026-02-07 08:46:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f42a.png 7000 B.C. Nomads roam the Fertile Crescent, a place where the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers provided rich grass, wild barley, and wild wheat. Seeing herds of animals, fresh fish, and plenty of water, the nomads began to farm instead. Villages and domesticated ways of living began to emerge. bensonk9 https://padlet.com/bensonk9/xv68oagzsr9aij/wish/663912870 2020-07-28 05:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bensonk9/xv68oagzsr9aij/wish/663912870 4000 B.C. The Sumerians rise to form a civilization in Mesopotamia. "It is believed that they invented the sailboat, the chariot, the wheel, and the plow... They also developed cuneiform, the first written language. They even invented games like checkers!" bensonk9 https://padlet.com/bensonk9/xv68oagzsr9aij/wish/700494610

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