From ancient Mesopotamia came a revolutionary tool that crystallized the world into the complex civilization it is today: the wheel. The wheel changed the very way we live and think about the world and all credit goes to ancient Mesopotamia for providing this life-changing invention. Wheels are everywhere we look and in places you wouldn't even think of. Wheels are used every day in one way or another and come in many sizes and countless different materials and purposes. This prodigious invention helped ancient Mesopotamians work, move and live and still helps us today. Mesopotamia, now modern Iraq, is known as the "cradle of civilization" and was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia was a very rich and very successful civilization; due to its convenient location it was a very fruitful area with many people and excessive quantities of crops which meant a lot of work. With all these people came some amazing ideas and with the ideas came reality. From this ancient civilization came some of the most revolutionary and life-changing inventions such as writing, medicine, mathematics and, above all, the wheel. All of these inventions have had a tremendous impact on the world we live in now, but the most revolutionary invention was the wheel. This invention was by far one of the most important inventions of its time and surpasses other inventions such as mathematics, writing, medicine and other inventions because this not only made work less difficult but also life, increased supplies and containers , helped to explore new lands, made it easier to trade with more distant places and obtain more goods, fewer men needed for heavy work, etc., while the other invents... middle of paper... laughter, Jamie. "History: Invention of the Wheel."NOTAP. NP Network. November 20, 2013. "The invention of the wheel." About.com. 2013 About.com. Network. November 20, 2013. "5 Mesopotamian inventions that changed the world." Yahoo Rumors. Yahoo 2013 Inc., April 20, 2012. Web. November 20, 2013. “The Invention of the Wheel.” Oracle Think Quest. NP Rete. 20 November 2013. "Why was the wheel so important for Mesopotamia?" Ask. NP Rete. 20 Nov 2013. "The evolution of the wheel: a historical retrospective."ohtm. NP Network. November 20 2013. .