Business contracts sealed with cylinder wheel
Trading
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Barter system
Developed writing (cuneiform) to keep
track of buying and selling
Used instead of money
Introduced by Mesopotamian tribes
Exchanging services and goods for
other services and goods in return
Definitions
Mesopotamian's invented the wheel in approximately 3500 BC. They then used chariots, using the wheel, to go to other cities and trade.
The first form of writing was from the Sumerians. They traded their writing skills, (gave them lessons on how to write), for a living.
Mesopotamia was the first civilizations to invent a sail boat. They used sailboats for transportation so they could trade without having to walk miles and miles.
Trading with other civilizations
Assyrians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Indians
Babylonians
Transportation
Carts
Wagons
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Donkey
Wheel (chariots)
Transportation by foot
Ships with oars and paddles
http://www.softschools.com/facts/ancient_civilizations/mesopotamia_facts/876/
Bibliographies
https://www.penn.museum/sites/iraq/?page_id=52
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/trade/home_set.html
https://www.historyonthenet.com/mesopotamian-merchants-and-traders/
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/mesopotamia
Ancient Worlds textbook: By Arnold Toutant and Susan Doyle
Exports
Oil
Leather goods
Grains
Pottery
Textiles
Imports
Papyrus
Linen
Wine
Jewelery
Wool
