Here is my version of an ancient Mesopotamian waterwheel. Archeologists have not yet found a completed and working ancient Mesopotamian waterwheel.
The oxen, represented by a horse, turns the waterwheel. Cups scoop and lift water as the wheel turns. At the highest point, at the top of the wheel, the cups tip and dump their water into a holding tank. The tank connects to an irrigation system, which carries water to crops. In my version though, people could also collect the water from the wheel as it dumped water into the holding tank.
The water wheel solved the problem of watering crops and efficiently getting drinking water to town at the same time. People now could grow larger amounts of crops. People may have traded surplus crops for other things. Since they had enough food, they could now focus on thinking.
(If you think there is a way to make this project better, please let me know. Thanks! Also, this project is supposed to be part of a “museum” of ancient objects. It may not end up that way, but that doesn't mean I’m going to neglect it!)
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