CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Scribes used two items to write. They were:
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a pen and paper
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a paintbrush and silk
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a stylus and clay tablet
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a stone and sand
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From 2900 BC, these began to be impressed in wet clay with a reed stylus, making wedge-shaped marks which are now known as cuneiform.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuneiform was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Damp clay could be formed into a tablet in the hand and drawn into with a stylus. The tablets could be reworked and reused or baked to make them permanent. The first stylus was probably a cut reed which was pressed into damp clay. This produced wedge-shaped marks that came to be known as cuneiform.
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