Actually, there were civilizations before the Sumerians that invented Math. Babylonians had worked on it. There also civilizations before them. But we dont know that because HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY WINNERS. So if that civilization was conquered or destroyed then the winner wouldnt write about them because then they would glorify them more than themselves.
Mayans had an actual symbol to represent zero - the Mesopotamians just left a space in their cuneiform number representation to indicate a place without value, similar to the modern-day zero Mayans used a base 20 number system.
Uncontrolled water supply
Yes, the Mesopotamians had fire. They were able to create fire by rubbing sticks together or using flint and tinder. Fire was essential for cooking, providing heat, and making tools and pottery.
Private enterprise.under government protection.
They would often use ceader. If not they would use anyother type of wood (:
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No the cavemen did not create the Mesopotamians did before them.
They developed a writing system.
They developed a writing system.
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The Mesopotamians
the Mesopotamians used a type of currency called the shekel im not sure but i beleived they used another coin called the mina not sure what its worth. the Mesopotamians used a base sixty number system i believe 1 mina was worth 180 grains there is a reference to it in the code of hammurabie
cuneiform but farther back, pictographs
Mayans had an actual symbol to represent zero - the Mesopotamians just left a space in their cuneiform number representation to indicate a place without value, similar to the modern-day zero Mayans used a base 20 number system.
Uncontrolled water supply
Yes, the Mesopotamians were the creators of the first form of writing known as cuneiform, around 3500 BCE. Cuneiform was a system of writing using wedge-shaped characters impressed on clay tablets.
Yes, the Mesopotamians had fire. They were able to create fire by rubbing sticks together or using flint and tinder. Fire was essential for cooking, providing heat, and making tools and pottery.