Timeline

Wheel

3500 BCE

Ancient Mesopotamia's made the first man made wheel. They were no used for transportation, they were created to be used for potters. They were used as a potters wheel. It wasn't until 300 years later that someone decided to put them in Charriots.

Ancient Mathmatics

3500 BCE

The Sumerians developed the earliest known writing system. A pictographic writing system known as cuneiform script, using wedge shaped characters inscribed on baked clay tablets

Plow

3500 BCE

An ancient farmer got the bright idea of hitching his ox to his "digging stick" and so the plow was invented. Sticks like that are still used in some parts of the world. The construction of the earliest plow was probably made from a cracked tree branch making it easy the find the materials to make it

Calendar

3114 BCE

The calender's cycle is 365 days, and approximates the solar year. It is a nineteen month calendar. It is composed of 18 months made of 20 days, and one month, made of 5 days. This 5-day month is called "Wayeb" And the logic is: 18 x 20 + 5 = 365 days.

Indoor Plumbing (toilet)

3000 BCE

The Indus River valley was surprisingly prominent in hydraulic engineering.They made many water supply and sanitation devices, that were the first of their time. They contain the world earliest known system of toilets.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for the fourth dynasty Pharoah Khufu. It is the largest of the three pyramids and it is part of its own smaller complex of 3 other pyramids built for his wife

Harrapan dissapearance

1500 BCE

The harrapan civilization seems to have just disapesared into thin air. There are many different ideas to what may have happened, but a few of the main ones include: invasion, massacre, nuclear bomb, and the river changed direction

Hanging Gradens of Babylon

605 BCE

Built in the city of Babylon, The gardens were built by King Nebuchadnezzar II to make his wife happy. She was homesick for the plants and gardens of her old home

Great Wall of China/

221 BCE

Built by many different states during the spring and the fall. It was being constructed during the Warring States Period. Purpose was to protect the Qin dynasty from invaders

Terra-cotta Army

210 BCE

Life sized clay warriors that stand in 3 different pits around Shi Huangdi's Tomb. About 8,000 statues currently accounted for. Every figure has a unique facial expression and body image.

Silk Road

200 BCE

The silk road was an ancient network of trade routes going through areas of Eurasia. It connectet the east and west as it stretched from the Korean Peninsula and Japan, to the Mediterranean Sea

The Great Sphinx

2500

Built for the Pharoh Khafra the builder of the 2nd Pyramid of Giza