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1. Pottery

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   Wheel Throwing
   The invention of the potter's wheel, likely originating in Mesopotamia around the late 4th millennium BCE, revolutionized production speed and standardization. Early wheels were slow-turning tournettes, often requiring two people—one to spin the wheel and one to shape the vessel. The synchronous rotation allowed for perfectly symmetrical forms, a necessity for standardized container capacities used in [st…