Lesson 5.4: Mesopotamia - Technology

Inventions of Mesopotamia

As the first civilization, Mesopotamia is known for advancing farming techniques, transportation, and inventing a lot of new ways to make people's lives easier. View this short video to see how the people of Mesopotamia changed how humans lived. 

Read the following text and be prepared to share (in a discussion), which of the technologies of Mesopotamia was the most significant and why.