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Sumerian Civilization and Their Contribution To Technology

The document discusses five major inventions of the ancient Sumerian civilization including writing, copper fabrication, the wheel, a numerical system, and weapons. It provides details on the origins and significance of each invention.

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Sumerian Civilization and Their Contribution To Technology

The document discusses five major inventions of the ancient Sumerian civilization including writing, copper fabrication, the wheel, a numerical system, and weapons. It provides details on the origins and significance of each invention.

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GEC 7.

Group 1.

Contribution of Sumerian
Civilization in Technology
Sumerian Civilization
Origin:
Most historians have
suggested that Sumer
was first permanently
settled between
c. 5500 – c. 3300 BC by
a West Asian people
who spoke the Sumerian
language.
Sumerians Were Known for
Some Incredible Inventions
The Sumerians were the
first Mesopotamian civilization
who lived in independent
walled city-states. They were
known to be very rich and
inventive, having a varied
culture, including farming,
trading and playing music.
Five Sumerian Inventions That Changed
the World
• Writings
• Fabrication of copper
• Wheel
• Numerical system
• Weapons
Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

1. Writing
One of the significant inventions by
the Sumerians was writing. They
invented a form of communication
called pictographs.
They invented a form of
communication called pictographs.
These were the pictures and images
drawn on rocks or stone which
further evolved into a writing system
called cuneiform.
Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

2. Fabrication of Copper
Sumerians were known
to be the first users of
copper – the earliest
non-precious metals.
The archeological
evidence states that
they harnessed the skill
of extracting and
working with copper
around 5000 to 6000
Source: BabelStone/Wikimedia Commons
years ago.
Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

3. Wheel
During this Bronze Age,
people had already begun
planting crops, herding
domestic animals and
also had some form of
social hierarchy. It was
none other than Ultimately, they connected the
Sumerians, who were wheels to form a chariot. Today,
the first to use wood as this wheel caters to transportation
wheels. systems spread worldwide.
Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

4. Numeral System
Another significant
invention by Sumerians is
a numeral system. Known
as Sexagesimal, it
originated in the
third millennium BCE and The reason behind this invention
was further passed to was out of an urgent need of
keeping the records for their
ancient Babylonians as
traded harvests. Gradually, they
well as other nations. started using a small clay cones
to denote the number one.
Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

5. Weapons
It is believed that the Sumerians
were the pioneers of ancient
weapons, though, they fell to
neighboring civilizations.

Source: © BrokenSphere/Wikimedia Commons


Sumerian Inventions That Changed the World

5. Weapons
The weapons invented by them due
to constant war-like situations
among the city-states of Sumer
were even used for years afterward.
Some of the inventions that proved
to be of great use as weapons
include chariots, sickle swords and
bronze socket axes that gradually Source: © BrokenSphere/Wikimedia Commons
evolved into the piercing axes.
Thank You!

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