Sumerian Innovation

Many ancient civilizations have changed the way we live today. Sumerians invented the first language, Hammurabi invented the first set of laws, Egyptians created pyramids, and so many other ways that ancient people made the building blocks of the way our society lives today. It amazes me how God gave

Most places make advancements that help societies. But, ancient civilizations like China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt that started over thousands of years ago heavily advanced the future of societies. Such as, languages, laws to follow, and architecture. These contributions helped our society and societies in the future. Mesopotamia means “the land between

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

Sometimes in our generation, people take for granted the things the originally invented by ancient civilizations. Somewhere around 3500 B.C. in southwest Asia the first of the River Valley Civilizations were born. The ancient River Valley Civilizations of Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia all made key contributions to future societies. (OI)

The river valley civilizations of Sumer, Egypt, India, and China were historical pillars of innovation. Not only were they each responsible for having forged new technological innovations, but they each created their own system of writing as well. Each of them meets the requirements of being labeled as a “civilization” because each had a form of social organization, trade and economic activity, government, division of labor, and some form of record keeping. What sets them apart from one another are the specifics within the similarities they shared. These similarities and differences within their technological innovations and writing are numerous.

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

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

The cities were built along the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Their only resource of water were the rivers that surrender the city. Sumerians usually sleep on the rooftops because it was cooler at night than the small rooms of their houses. They wake up early in the morning to

To begin, Sumerians developed the first form of writing which is called cuneiform. When the ancient Sumerians developed cuneiform it helped, the other people to communicate with each other. If ancient Sumerians didn’t create cuneiform than, others wouldn’t know how to tell each other what to do or where to go. Without cuneiform we would only be speaking with improper language. Writing/cuneiform helped develop language for us to be able to talk to each other.

The next invention wouldn't be possible without the invention of the wheel and that is the chariot which helped them in war and made them the more dominate group alive between who used them. The Amorites or the Sumerians. They both had kings of the lands and both won wars and other amount of things that would've helped there living style. After wars they made sure to capture any one they can so they made them into slaves.

One of the greatest accomplishments of the Sumerians would be their creation of Cuneiform. Cuneiform was the world’s first writing system. Cuneiform was based on wedge shaped characters representing words, but later developed into representing word sounds and concepts. This was probably the most momentous contribution of the Sumerians. Writing is important to all civilizations, without it our world wouldn’t be the way it is today. Although most Sumerian citizens were illiterate and couldn’t read or right, cuneiform was a huge achievement made by the

Sumerians invented cuneiform writing. They began using cuneiform to testimony economic changes, myth, prayer, laws and business contracts. Sumerian scribes spent years learn how to acquire this skill.

First off all, writing impacted The Sumerian society. The Sumerians also created tablet and styluses to write about. “Scribes created symbols and syllables to write on the tablets. Scribes also were taught math and science by calculating shapes such as rectangles and triangles and dividing a circle into 360 degrees also creating a number system with the number 60”(evidence

Unit 1: 1. Fire was one of the most important early technological innovation. Fire made surviving through the cold months possible. It was also useful for cooking foods. Spears were useful for hunters and gatherers. It helped catch and kill their prey. After the industrial revolution, innovations such as the plow helped in agriculture to speed the process and not have to do each individual task by hand.

Irrigation in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia’s development occurred because of the geography setting the land was in. The rivers and the fertile lands were the main factors of their development. Mesopotamia, also known as the Fertile Crescent, allowed humans to stay in one place and farm because of the fertile soil. The rivers