CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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The Sumerians made one of the greatest cultural advances in history. They developed ____, the world’s first system of writing.
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cuneiform
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pictographs
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is the oldest form of writing in the world, first appearing even earlier than Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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