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Invention of the potter's wheel |
4000 BC in Sumer |
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4000 BC: What ancient city (now in the area of Iran) is a center of pottery production? |
Susa Persian: شوش Shush; [ʃuʃ]; Hebrew: שׁוּשָׁן Shushān; Greek: Σοῦσα [ˈsuːsa]; Syriac: ܫܘܫ Shush; Old Persian Çūšā |
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Where, when and by whom were horses first domesticated? |
4000 BC, western Eurasian Steppes (now northern Kazakhstan), Botai people |
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When does the potter's wheel appear in the Ancient Near East? |
c. 3250 BC |
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What was found in the Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia) Marshes? |
The oldest wooden wheel yet (end 2016) discovered. Its from c. 3138 BC. |
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Where did urbanization begin? |
In Mesopotamia in Sumer and Egypt. |
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Whats this? |
Cuneiform writings. First writings in the cities of Uruk and Susa. (3000 BC?) |
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Where and when was the World's first known (end 2016) engineered roadway built? |
In England, it's named the Sweet Track and was constructed around 3807 or 3806 BC. |
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What great invention was created by the Indus valley civilization in the 4th millennium BC? |
Drainage and Sewage collection and disposal |
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What was invented in Sumer in the 4tt millennium BC? |
Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever |
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Two materials that were in use? |
Copper and bronze |
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The predecessors of the Egyptian pyramids were called what? |
Mastabas (invented 4th millennium BC) |
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A circular earth bank and ditch were created in the 4th millennium BC. When exactly? What's the name of the building? |
c. 3100 BC was Phase 1 of the mysterious prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England called Stonehenge. |
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What were the The Céide Fields in Ireland? |
Arguably the oldest field system in world, developed in the 4th millennium BC. |
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4 instruments played in the 4th millennium BC? |
Harps, flutes, Lyres and double clarinets in Egypt |
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Earliest known numerals found in... |
Egypt. |
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This is... It was produced in the middle east in the 4th millennium BC. |
Linen |
