WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

SUMERIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the Sumerians invent?
A
Wheel
B
Glass
C
Plow
D
Screw Driver
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first plow appeared about 3500 B.C. And by 1500 B.C., the Sumerians had also invented a seeder plow, which let farmers use beasts of burden to till and plant at the same time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: No one person is credited with inventing the plow. Instead, the earliest evidence of a Mesopotamian plow came from the Sumerians around 4000-3000 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -The wheel, plow, and writing (a system that we call cuneiform) are examples of their achievements. The farmers in Sumer created levees to hold back the floods from their fields and cut canals to channel river water to the fields. The use of levees and canals is called irrigation, another Sumerian invention.

Detailed explanation-4: -Charles Newbold and David Peacock. The first real inventor of the practical plow was Charles Newbold of Burlington County, New Jersey; he received a patent for a cast-iron plow in June of 1797. However, American farmers mistrusted the plow. They believed it “poisoned the soil” and fostered the growth of weeds.

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