Mesopotamia didn't have many natural resources. So they needed to trade with the countries beside them to get what they needed to live. Textiles, grains and oils from Babylonia were traded for wine, wood and precious metals from other countries. Other countries traded their stuff too. They didn't use money to trade goods and services. They used the barter system.
The Mesopotamians used boats to transport their stuff. They used three different kinds of boats. They used a guffa boat which was shaped like a tub, they used wooden boats with triangular sails and they used the kalakuu which is a type of raft.
The Sumerians invented the wheel so that the really heavy stuff could go by wagon.
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