CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Sumerians invented calligraphy, the world’s first writing system.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The use of letters to write words dates back to at least 3300 BC in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). However, calligraphic practices are believed to have originated much earlier than this. The first known examples of writing were found in Sumerian cities around 4000 BC.
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: -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.
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