How Did The Sumerians Affect Society

The Sumerians were the first river valley civilization to create never-before-seen innovations. They made gigantic leaps forward with the invention of the wheel, bronze, a math system based on the number 60, and innovative building design. Interestingly, the wheel was first invented and used to make pottery. Hundreds of years later, Sumerians finally attached a wheel to a cart. The innovation of taking the wheel from its pottery use to that of transportation occurred when someone noticed that carts got easier to drag across logs as wedges were ground into the logs. So, some brilliant Sumerian ground down a log to create an axel with wheels at the end which was attached directly to the cart. This was eventually refined when the axel/wheel combination was attached to the cart with stabilizing pins, allowing the axel and

One of the most important inventions was cuneiform. (Doc.1)It was created by the Sumerians over 5000 years ago (Doc.1). It was the world's first Language.(Doc.1) Sumerians invented this writing system to keep track of business dealings, records (Doc. 1) and religious activity (OI). It

Some of the earliest tools invented by humans include the yucca stalk and stick, stone tools, potter’s wheel, wheel, plow, and metal tools. The yucca stalk and stick were primarily found in the Neolithic Age to help start fires that humans can keep warm and cook food with. Stone tools were found in the Paleolithic Age, which helped with hunting and war. The potter’s wheel, first established in 6000 B.C.E, allowed for pottery to be made, which aided in food/water storage, and decoration. The wheel allowed for other inventions to be made, and allowed for faster travel. The plow, and other metal tools, came in towards the end of the Neolithic Age and allowed for easier farming, construction, hunting, and warfare.

First of all, they invented the first form of writing called cuneiform. Cuneiform helped keep track of important things. Like business records, rules, and math. Writing was made with wedged-shaped wood and clay tablets. With writing came language, writing created language because they spoke whatever language was on the clay tablets they wrote on.

One of the great achievements of the Sumerians was a plow. A plow is a farming tool that they created to make farming easier. It was easier because it was designed to break through clay, soil, and silt, instead of having to do it themselves. In result, this impacted their community by giving the Sumerians more plants because they could work faster with the plow. It also

Mesopotamia’s first invention was a form of writing called cuneiform which was written on clay tablets with a sharp reed called a stylus. This permitted for recording events and

-pharaohs of ancient Egypt built pyramids tombs for their bodies and possessions after they died

Sumer is referred to as the "cradle of civilization” because there were many important inventions. Writing was one of Sumerians most important invention. Sumerians developed the world’s first known writing, cuneiform,

Sumerians helped improve the economy. One of their few great inventions, was the wheel it became a very useful and important part of our everyday live. The wheel was invented rather later in time. When it was first created it was due to the fact that metal tools were needed to chisel fine-fitted holes. It was a concept stroke of genius, but certainley a challenge. 300 years later, the wheel was finally used for transportation and domestic purposes.

When analyzing the biological, cultural, and social, aspects of the ancient Sumerians and modern day humans we see a profuse amount of distinctions and contrasts. Modern humans live in advanced and culturally diverse societies which in comparison makes ancient Sumer’s way of life seem very plain. The two groups evidently share many differences , but the author, Samuel Kramer, argues that in the face of oblivious contrasts, the roots of these two societies are still very fundamentally analogous. Kramer then expands his point to say modern humans and ancient Sumerians are similar and comparable on the content of their character, their reactions to war and conflict, and with the similarity of their social class system.

For the Sumerians, they firstly invented the wheel as useful tool. Not only that, they are the first who discovered the movements of planets. Also, the Egyptians abided near the Nile River had such an important contribution to the advance

Generally within textbooks on Western civilization it tells us about how the Sumerians began organized agriculture, domesticated wheat and such animals as the horse and donkey, initiated urban living by building cities, and invented writing and the wheel. The Sumerians, apparently, initiated human civilization 6000 years ago. Nevertheless, European (white) written textbooks do not recognize them like they

The invention of the wheel has made countless important differences in the course of human civilization, including fast and easy transportation, the ability to lift heavy objects, and the ability to make pottery and

Mesopotamians developed specialized crafts and supported private entrepreneurship. They also were involved in foreign and domestic trade.

Discovery of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform proved that the Mesopotamian civilization were able to communicate through written pictures and stylized signs, this was used for purpose of record keeping and schools to teach cuneiform.