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*[[Pottery]] – Made out of clay, wood, gourds, baskets.
 
*[[Pottery]] – Made out of clay, wood, gourds, baskets.
 
**The more sophisticated included coloring.
 
**The more sophisticated included coloring.
**The Potter’s Wheel shaped items more accurately and allowed faster production.
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**The Potter's Wheel shaped items more accurately and allowed faster production.
 
*[[Plaster]] – The first material man learned to shape / mold.
 
*[[Plaster]] – The first material man learned to shape / mold.
 
*[[Metal Working]] –
 
*[[Metal Working]] –
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===Transportation===
 
===Transportation===
 
*Sledge
 
*Sledge
*Wheel – Invented by Sumerians circa 2100 BC.  It was possibility inspired by the Potter’s Wheel.  The first wheel was probably a three piece member.  Later the spoked wheel was developed by the Hittites circa 1600 BC.
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*Wheel – Invented by Sumerians circa 2100 BC.  It was possibility inspired by the Potter's Wheel.  The first wheel was probably a three piece member.  Later the spoked wheel was developed by the Hittites circa 1600 BC.
 
**Together with the [[Yoke]], the wheel allowed humans to harness the power of draft animals such as the donkey and ox.
 
**Together with the [[Yoke]], the wheel allowed humans to harness the power of draft animals such as the donkey and ox.
 
**[[Chariot]] – circa 1700 BC – The first major wheeled vehicle   
 
**[[Chariot]] – circa 1700 BC – The first major wheeled vehicle   
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====Structures====
 
====Structures====
 
*City Walls – First example is Jericho.
 
*City Walls – First example is Jericho.
*Temples – Early Ziggurat’s of Mesopotamia, namely Ur.
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*Temples – Early Ziggurat's of Mesopotamia, namely Ur.
 
*Obelisks – Egyptian monuments to the Sun God.
 
*Obelisks – Egyptian monuments to the Sun God.
 
====Monuments====
 
====Monuments====
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