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 * //__Cuneiform __//**
 * //__This is one of the world’s oldest writing systems. It is made by a wet piece of clay and a sharp red pen scratching together cuneiform was picture writing. This helped the economy by writing and if they didn’t have it they wouldn’t know what to write or if they were to pass a law how would they do it by writing a Aqueduct __//**
 * //__Nineveh was on the Tigris River which made trade easy provided. He constructed a raised water way called an aqueduct it carried water from 30 miles away. __//**
 * //__THE WALLS WERE MADE FROM BRICKS. PEOPLE ENTERED THROUGH LARGE GATES. THESE WALLS WERE USED TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM WAR. __//**
 * //__Weird letter. __//**
 * The wheel made it easy to transport people and goods. Farmers in the Fertile Crescent were first to work on the wheel. This can travel more and faster than human on foot. This invention helped people travel far distances. This greatly improved life for them **


 * By 6,000 BC. Jericho was a huge settlement, with lots of people and lots of acres of walls. The men shaped the clay for some of the earliest building bricks. **