ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS TIMELINE

  • IRRIGATION
    6000 BCE

    IRRIGATION

    An important invention that allowed farmers to control the amount of water their crops received.
  • THE WHEEL
    3500 BCE

    THE WHEEL

    Invention that allowed the Mesopotamians to transport themselves and their crops to other places, making their lives easier.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 539 BCE

    MESOPOTAMIA

    Mesopotamia is an area of Western Asia located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and their surrounding lands.