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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
A
city-state
B
irrigation
C
cuneiform
D
civilization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500 BCE. It is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians and the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk, which advanced the writing of cuneiform c.

Detailed explanation-2: -That writing system, invented by the Sumerians, emerged in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cuneiform was first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3, 500 B.C. The first cuneiform writings were pictographs created by making wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets with blunt reeds used as a stylus. Cuneiform isn’t a single writing system, however.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cuneiform is not a language but a proper way of writing distinct from the alphabet. It doesn’t have ‘letters’ – instead it uses between 600 and 1, 000 characters impressed on clay to spell words by dividing them up into syllables, like ‘ca-at’ for cat, or ‘mu-zi-um’ for museum.

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