Ancient Mesopotamian technology

Land between the rivers

Water supply : canals, irrigation and aqueducts

Challenges of food production

Weaving

Pottery and its many uses

The wheel

Metals and metalworking

Craftsmen : glass, stone, and jewels

Construction materials

Arrangement of homes

Building cities

Ziggurats

On the move in Mesopotamia

Mathematics, weights, and measures

Astronomy and astrology

Treating the sick

Advances in warfare

The first writers

Gifts from the Cradle of Civilization

Glossary.