CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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The Sumerians developed ____, the world’s first system of writing.
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cuneiform
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scribe
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epics
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cylinder seals
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest writing we know of dates back to around 3000 B.C.E. and was probably invented by the Sumerians, living in major cities with centralized economies in what is now southern Iraq.
Detailed explanation-2: -Full writing-systems appear to have been invented independently at least four times in human history: first in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) where cuneiform was used between 3400 and 3300 BC, and shortly afterwards in Egypt at around 3200 BC.
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