Posts Tagged ‘writing system’
Sumerians: The Beginning of Inventions… continued from last week.
September 29th, 2008 by admin
Developing a writing system is perhaps the most significant of Sumerian inventions. It helped the Sumerians to communicate, contribute to literature and in book keeping. Cuneiform was the first form of writing developed by the Sumerians around 3200 BC. Clay tablets were used as paper and a stylus like implement was used to draw wedge [...]
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Hardly Ancient: Sumerian Clothing
August 31st, 2008 by admin
The ancient Mesopotamians or Sumerians were the people who established the world’s first civilization. They made numerous contributions to our present day modern world. Besides creating a city-state, writing system, water clock, wheel, the sailboat; they had also created the twelve month calendar based on lunar cycles. The Sumerian clothing was made of natural resources [...]
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