8. What was the role of writing in Ancient Sumer?

History 8 Mesopotamia Manual Concepts

The Revolution of Writing

The Role of writing began with the need to story information of records of things happening in daily lives. Their were specific role for this kind of job. The scribe was one of the most important job throughout the whole time period. As more and more was being written, more records were being made. The scribes would write their information on small clay tablets, which they would put out in the sun so they could dry. The mesopotamians would write in their own language called cuneiform. Most text would be used for records but writing was also used for other things like bills.

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