MESOPOTAMIA
What was the first wheel made for?
A potter wheel
What was the black ink made of?
Vegetable gum, soot, and bee wax
When was silk discovered?
3000 and 4000 BC
What was the Phoenicians language similar to?
Closely related to Hebrew.
Where did the first sailboats cross?
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Why did the Egyptians wear wigs?
To be clean and to prevent lice
What were the toothbrushes made of?
Horse hair on a bamboo stick
What kinds of food did the Phoenicians have?
Broken wine vessels, loaves of bread, and petrified olive pits, the left-overs of Rome's food
When was the first map discovered?
2300 BC
What carried water?
The Shadoof, a balancing pole
When was Mahjong/Gambling first invented, and who invented it?
Invented in 1846 by Zhen Yumen, during Qing Dynasty
Where did they trade?
Greek islands, across southern Europe, down the Atlantic coast of Africa, and up to ancient Britain