CIVILIZATION
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a form of writing using picture symbols
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a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols
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a form of writing using proverbs and songs
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a form of writing using complex ideas such as “joy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means “wedge-shaped, ‘’ because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet. Letters enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh have been found.
Detailed explanation-2: -Folk literature can be in the form of documented poems, proverbs, idioms, stories, songs, myths, riddles, and other artful forms of knowledge passed down from generation to generation. In other words, folklore that is written down becomes folk literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form its signs.