CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sumerians figured out that if they could prop the edge of a heavy crate up onto a long log-shaped object, they would be able to roll the load over the object and move it forward. They would then place a second log under the front edge of the load and continue rolling it. Believe it or not, this was the first wheel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most modern archaeologists agree that ancient Sumeria invented the pottery wheel. The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia, the southern part of modern-day Iraq. They invented it somewhere in 4, 000 BC. It revolutionized what people could do with clay.