CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Which of the following people was most likely to become a scribe?
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children of the king
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girls from wealthy families
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all boys
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boys from wealthy families
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Only men were allowed to be scribes. They came from all classes of society. Becoming a scribe was one of the few ways that men could rise above their parents’ social class. Scribe Schools Boys who wanted to become scribes had to attend scribe schools.
Detailed explanation-2: -A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
Detailed explanation-3: -No, only boys went to school to learn to be scribes. What did the Scribes write on? The scribes used a kind of paper called papyrus, which was made from reeds otherwise known as the papyrus plant.
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