CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Using the wheel, Sumerians invented a device that spins clay as a craftsperson shapes it into bowls. This device is called a ____ wheel.
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potter’s
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craftsperson’s
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device
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sumer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In pottery, a potter’s wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware.
Detailed explanation-2: -The potter’s wheel is an example of an early mechanical invention: it can be traced back to the ancient Sumerians as early as 3, 250 B.C.E. (2). Early wheels were probably slow wheels; later fast wheels allowed potters to work more quickly and to create more uniform vessels.
Detailed explanation-3: -A potter’s wheel is a piece of equipment with a flat disc which spins round, on which a potter puts soft clay in order to shape it into a pot.
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