Inventions of Ancient Sumerian Civilizations that Changed the World

The ancient Sumerians flourished thousands of years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, what is now southern Iraq. Historian Samuel Noah Kramer, said that ancient Sumerua built civilization with the latest technology in its time.

"The Sumer people have an unusual talent for technological discovery," Kramer wrote in his book The Sumerians.

The Sumerians, who were later referred to by the Greeks as Mesopotamia, discovered new technology and perfected the existing large-scale use. In the process, they change the way humans process food, build homes, communicate and track information and time.

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As Kramer wrote, there is something in the Sumerian identity that encourages them to dream big and think smart. "Spiritually and psychologically, they put great emphasis on ambition and success, excellence, dignity, honor and recognition," he explained.

Sumerian innovations gradually spread and lead to the development of the technologically advanced modern world that we live in today. Here are some Sumerian discoveries that have had an impact today.

Mass-produced pottery

Ancient people made pottery by hand. However, the Sumerians were the first to develop the turning wheel, a tool that allowed them to mass produce it.

Reporting from the History page, Reed Goodman, doctoral candidate in Mediterranean art and archeology at the University of Pennsylvania said that it allowed them to make large quantities of goods such as containers for workers' rations, a kind of ancient pioneer of Tupperware.

Although it is not 100 percent certain that the Sumerians were the first to develop a writing system, it is clear that they used written communication in 2800 BC. They do not write literature or record its history but rather to track the items they make and sell.

The book World History Societies of The Past says that ancient Sumerians wrote with a pictograph system, which was basically a picture of various objects. However, eventually, they began to incorporate pictographs to express ideas and actions. Pictographs evolve into symbols that represent words and sounds.


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