#2 Cuneiform

The Sumerians were one of the earliest types of this kind of civilization? What does that mean?
-They were our first written language, it is the beginning of our recorded history
Why is the region of Sumer considered the Cradle of Civilization?
-because it created the worlds first written language
What could the Sumerians practice year round because of the regions climate?
-agriculture
Post an example of early Cuneiform (Sumerian pictograph).






Why was Cuneiform created?
-created to help keel track of business transactions
What medium was used to "write" Cuneiform? Explain the process of preparing and writing on this surface?
-write on clay tablets. wet the clay, form it into flat surfaces, use a wedge shaped stylus made from reeds to make impressions into the clay surface.
What did Cuneiform begin as a series of?
-a permanent record of the transactions
-Post an example of evolved Cuneiform (wedge-shaped).




After it evolved over time, what shape did the characters of Cuneiform evolve into?
wedge shaped language
-Post an example of Akkadian Cuneiform.




After the Akkadians conquered, what happened to the Sumerian culture and written language?
-was adopted me the akkadians
What is a pictograph?
-a pictorial or visual representation of object
Why did the creation of Cuneiform allow the Sumerians to become a sophisticated culture?
-it was a new form of communication