CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Why was the wheel important? Select all the reasons
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It helped the Sumerians build wheeled carts and wagons
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It helped them make medicine and cure illnesses
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It helped them invent a device that spins clay while the craftsperson shapes it
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It helped them make sewers
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It helped them make advanced cars and powerful trucks
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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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