language consisting of pictographic symbols‚ was first created by the Sumerians and later built on by other cultures. Written on wet clay tablets‚ Cuneiform symbols were drawn with a long reed crafted into a writing instrument‚ also known as a stylus. The stylus created wedge shapes‚ which is why the name cuneiform was assigned to it. Cuneiform translates to "wedge shaped". Some Languages included in the Cuneiform classification were Sumerian‚ Akkadian‚ Elamite‚ Hittite‚ Luwian‚ Hurrian‚ Hattic‚ and Urartian
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stable communities that became the basis for later states‚ nations‚ and empires. The study of ancient civilization is concerned with the earliest segments of the much broader subject called ancient history. The span of ancient history began with the invention of writing in about 3100 BC and lasted for more than 35 centuries. Mankind existed long before the written word‚ but writing made the keeping of a historical record possible and previous civilizations have had a major impact on the modern world especially
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Mesopotamia (Cuneiform of Sumerians) around 3000 BCE. Despite the views that the first writing system was invented in Mesopotamia there are other researches that have refuted this claim as it is believed that writing systems were also developed independently in other parts of the world (Egypt and Indus) around the same time as in Sumerian. There are four writing systems that are considered to have developed around the time of 3000 BCE up to 600 BCE: Cuneiform of Sumerian‚ Egyptian hieroglyphs‚ Chinese
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much extra time now (the time they used to spend hunting animals and gathering plants)‚ this allowed them to begin creating objects and ideas to help them live a little easier. This slideshow will demonstrate some of Mesopotamia’s most important inventions and achievements. Some of them may surprise you! You’ve used at least one of them already today. You can click the play button to watch the slideshow‚ or you can use the thumbnails at the bottom to change the picture when you are ready. The
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The first full civilization emerged by 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley in the Middle East. Relatively soon thereafter civilization developed along the Nile in Egypt‚ and later spread to other parts of the Middle East and one region in Africa. The advent of civilization provided a framework for most of the developments in world history. Additionally‚ the specific early civilizations that arose in the Middle East and Africa had several distinctive features‚ in political structure
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the earliest known non-nomadic agrarian societies. * Because Ubaid‚Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Assyria and Babylon civilizations all emerged around the Tigris-Euphrates‚ the theory that Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization is widely accepted. * Sumerians -The civilized life emerged in Sumer was shaped by the unpredictable devastating
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Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been composed sometime from 2‚700 B.C.E. to 2‚500 B.C.E. and first inscribed in 2‚100 B.C.E. to 1‚400 B.C.E. The best-preserved version of the story originates from the Babylonian writer Shin-Leqi-Unninni‚ presumed to have been written sometime between 1‚300
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The Harappans and Sumerians are distinctly different politically. While the Sumerians developed the world’s first monarchy‚ the Harappans may have developed the first democracy. Very little evidence has been found of a king in the Indus Valley‚ only one white priest-king idol and a silver crown; not enough to establish that the "royalty" were the rulers. Instead the empire was divided into regions with half a dozen cities functioning as capitals and was governed by a group of people. Archeologist
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Egyptians and Persians‚ but the Roman architecture dominates any other architecture that has been done before. During the Pax Romana period‚ the Roman architecture was at its best. Therefore‚ what are their most significant inventions that benefitted us so greatly? The biggest invention that Roman architecture brought was the use of concrete. The architects of Rome brought to conclusion that concrete is stronger than the commonly-used marble. Concrete was easier to decorate with because they could easily
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greatest tools and inventions was created by the Mesopotamians. The wheel was initially used to move heavy objects easily‚ and that is still one of its main functions to this day. The Mesopotamians‚ according to the University of Chicago‚ were the first one to harness wind power by using it to move boats with sails. They were the first to recognize to concept of zero and give a number a place value. The arch and column were too developed by the Mesopotamians at the time. These inventions and people continuation
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