The Sumerian Civilazation

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  • 6000 BCE

    Sumerian/Mesopotamian Civilazation Established

    The first traces of the Sumerian Civilazation dated back to about this time
  • 5000 BCE

    Sumerian Glue

    Sumerian Glue
    The sumerians invented the earliest version of glue known. It was not initially used for much a it was very un-advanced howeverr it was one of the most important inventions of all times that we still use to this day.
  • 4000 BCE

    Sumerian Sewers

    Sumerian Sewers
    The Sumerians were the first to use sewers. Which at that time was a very advanced invention, and was still very effective for draining water from the big citys of the empire.
  • 4000 BCE

    Irrigation

    Irrigation
    Irrigation was not an original invention of the Sumerians however they did advance it. Farmers used levees to hold back the water from floods and released that water when necessary on their crops
  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian From of Writing - Cuneiform

    Sumerian From of Writing - Cuneiform
    The Sumerians had now created the earliest form of written language discovered.
  • 3500 BCE

    Sumerian Clock/Sundial

    Sumerian Clock/Sundial
    The Sumerians were the first to create a system of time using a type of clock that was called a sundial
  • 3500 BCE

    Bronze

    Bronze
    The Sumerians were the ones who invented bronze. Science shows that it was probably just an accident when using copper and tin rocks to build a campfire and accidentally discovering bronze. However the earliest traces of bronze trace back to Sumeria.
  • 3500 BCE

    Cylinder Seal

    Cylinder Seal
    The Sumerians, or more accurately, the Mesopotamian's were the ones to build the closest thing to a printer for their time. It was a cylindrical object engraved with writing meant to be rolled onto clay leaving a print.
  • 3100 BCE

    Sumerian plow

    Sumerian plow
    Sumerians were the first to invent the plow, they werent the first to think of the concept of plowing soil , but they were the first to make a tool for it
  • 3000 BCE

    Sumerian Calendar

    The Sumerians were the ones to invent the concept for the 12 month calendar we use to this day.
  • 3000 BCE

    Sumerian Chariot

    Sumerian Chariot
    The chariot is thought to be another of the many original sumerian inventions, it was a kind of cart that carried a person which was pulled by a horse.
  • 2700 BCE

    Mathematics

    Mathematics
    The Sumerians were the ones to invent the earliest form of mathematics, reffered to mostly as
  • 2300 BCE

    Conquering of Sumeria

    The Sumerians were conquered about 1700 years into there existince, by a man named Sargon the great of Akkad and his "tribe" of dessert nomads
  • 2200 BCE

    Ziggurats

    Ziggurats
    Ziggurats were a type of structure built by the Sumerians, it was a type of period that ascended with sets of staircases leading to the flat top with several flat and spaces surrounding the structure.
  • 1600 BCE

    Sumerian Sailboat

    Sumerian Sailboat
    One of the greatest and most influnetal inventions in Sumerian history was probbaly the sailboat. The sailboat was invented much later on in the Sumerian reign, however it is an important invention we use to this day.
  • 1200 BCE

    Metallurgy

    Metallurgy
    The metallurgy was a device used to extract iron from its ore, when it was invented it marked the start of the iron age.