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Our lives and world as it is today owes a lot to the ancient Sumerian people. They were perhaps the innovators of most of the things we take for granted today. The Sumerians were the first to begin a human settlement of any kind and soon they began innovating and improvising in their day to day lives. Sumerian inventions forever changed the course of civilization.Sumerian inventions contributed in written and oral communication, trade, travel, commerce, clothing, science and literature among a horde of other discoveries. Almost everything that we have always had can be traced back to the Sumerian culture. Some of the most influential of the Sumerian inventions are discussed here.Writing system: Developing a writing system is perhaps the most significant of Sumerian inventions. It helped the Sumerians to communicate, contribute to literature and in book keeping. Cuneiform was the first form of writing developed by the Sumerians around 3200 BC. Clay tablets were used as paper and a stylus like implement was used to draw wedge – shaped characters. These clay tablets were then baked for preservation. For several decades after that Cuneiform was the method… More >>