Introduction: Why Pottery Matters. As one of the oldest human inventions, pottery has been around since before the Neolithic period, with objects dating as far back to 29,000 BC.While in the past, the pottery industry has served marginal niches, today’s pottery companies are thriving thanks in part to a resurgence in consumer demand for unique, handmade goods over mass …

The Samarra culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of northern Mesopotamia, roughly dated to between 5500 and 4800 BCE.It partially overlaps with Hassuna and early Ubaid.Samarran material culture was first recognized during excavations by German Archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld at the site of Samarra.Other sites where Samarran material has …

Mesopotamia was the name of a Roman province, initially a short-lived creation of the Roman Emperor Trajan in 116–117 and then re-established by Emperor Septimius Severus in c. 198. Control of the province was subsequently fought over between the Roman and the Sassanid empires until the Muslim conquests of the 7th century.

Although archeologists don't know for sure who invented the wheel, the oldest wheel discovered was found in Mesopotamia. It is likely the Sumer first used the wheel in making pottery in 3500BC and then used it for their chariots in around 3200 BC. Mathematics The Mesopotamians used a number system with the base 60 (like we use base 10).

pre-Columbian civilizations, the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Mesoamerica (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century. The pre-Columbian civilizations were extraordinary developments in human society and culture, ranking with the …