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Mesopotamian Science and Technology
Mesopotamia. Kids InfoBits Presents 2011. Word Count: 236.
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2011 Gale, Cengage Learning
Title: Mesopotamian Science and Technology
Source: Mesopotamia. Kids InfoBits Presents Detroit: Gale, 2011.
Document Type: Topic overview
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The ancient Mesopotamians were great inventors. They built irrigation ditches and levees to control flooding. They invented the
potter’s wheel. They also invented wheeled vehicles, such as chariots and wagons.
Mesopotamians built streets and sewers. They made razors and cosmetics. Skilled craftsmen made gold, silver, and copper tools.
Mesopotamians also invented the harp, the frying pan, the sailboat, and the kiln.
The Mesopotamians’ greatest achievement was cuneiform writing. Using a stylus (a sharp stick), they made wedge-shaped symbols
on wet clay tablets. This method of writing was used by other cultures for thousands of years.
Mesopotamians also developed a mathematics system using the number six. They improved agricultural techniques by making
survey maps and an agricultural calendar system. By 3000 BCE, they had invented the plow and plow seeder. They also made
bronze hand tools, like hammers, sickles, axes, and hoes.
Mesopotamians also made weapons. Soldiers wore full armor and bronze helmets. They carried sharp swords and javelins. They
used horse-drawn chariots and designed battering rams to knock down the walls of the cities they invaded.
The Mesopotamians were great builders. They built huge ziggurats (temples) for their gods. The walls of the Assyrian city of
Nineveh stretched for 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) along the Tigris River.
King Nebuchadrezzar II built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The gardens had waterfalls and tropical trees and plants. It is one of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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"Mesopotamian Science and Technology." Mesopotamia. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Kids InfoBits Presents. Kids InfoBits. Web. 18 Oct.
2014.
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