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    The document is a Venn diagram comparing the contributions of Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations to the development of science and technology. It notes that the Sumerians developed irrigation, wheeled vehicles, sailing, writing, and roads. The Babylonians advanced astronomy, mathematics, physics, construction techniques, and the Sumerian writing system. Both civilizations utilized mud bricks and made significant advances, earning the description as the cradle of civilization.

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    The document is a Venn diagram comparing the contributions of Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations to the development of science and technology. It notes that the Sumerians developed irrigation, wheeled vehicles, sailing, writing, and roads. The Babylonians advanced astronomy, mathematics, physics, construction techniques, and the Sumerian writing system. Both civilizations utilized mud bricks and made significant advances, earning the description as the cradle of civilization.

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    The document is a Venn diagram comparing the contributions of Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations to the development of science and technology. It notes that the Sumerians developed irrigation, wheeled vehicles, sailing, writing, and roads. The Babylonians advanced astronomy, mathematics, physics, construction techniques, and the Sumerian writing system. Both civilizations utilized mud bricks and made significant advances, earning the description as the cradle of civilization.

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    NAME: ALVASAN, KYLIE B.

    STS ACTIVITY #1

    B019 ABPL

    Venn Diagram of Sumerian and BabylonianCivilization’s Contributions


    in the Development of Science and Technology

    Sumerian
    Babylonian
    -Sumerians are known for their
    - The Babylonians achieved significant
    advancements in irrigation and dikes,
    advances in astronomy, physics, and
    agriculture, and the invention of the
    mathematics.
    wheel and sailboats to address their
    increasing demands in trading, as well as
    -They created time-tracking techniques
    fostering culture, information, and Similarities that are still in use today, developed
    technology -They both trigonometry, and employed mathematical
    . utilized mud models to track the planet Jupiter.
    -Sumerians developed Cuneiform, the bricks in their
    first writing system that utilizes word construction. -They constructed the famous Hanging
    pictures and triangular symbols.
    Gardens of Babylon.
    -They are often
    Sumerians developed the first roads with referred to as the -Improved the Sumerian system of writing.
    the same technology using sun-baked cradle of
    bricks in making the Great Ziggurat of civilization. -Babylonians used Semitic language
    Ur.
    related to Hebrew and Arabic.
    -They developed the plow, another
    advancement in agriculture, where
    farmers could cultivate larger parcels of
    land faster, enabling them to mass
    produce food without making so much
    effort and time

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