While Iraq isn´t known for having a rich history of inventions, it is the birthplace of many of the world´s most important inventions and developments - some of which are taken for granted - such as streets and canals, as well as the first city-states around 3,500 B.C. |
Newspaper Connection for Students: Search The Daytona Beach News-Journal for stories of other inventions that have come from foreign countries. Find at least three stories and cut them out and keep them in your notebook or scrapbook. | Sumerians developed the world´s first form of writing, called Cuneiform, around 3,000 B.C., which was before the Egyptians developed hieroglyphics. Cuneiform contained more than 2,000 symbols and was written on clay tablets, and the scribes who could read and write were nearly always assured of a job because merchants, priests and judges needed someone to write and read their records for them. |
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 On the Web:
· About Cuneiform Writing
· Sumerian Cuneiform Cylinder Seal, Iraq, 3000 BCE
· Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
· Iraq sites & excavations
· Inventions and Discoveries
· The Code of Hammurabi |
