"Cuneiform and the Sumerians | 3,000 BC"

The Sumerians were one of the earliest types of this kind of civilization? What does that mean?
-They were known to have migrated to Sumer around 3500 BC

Why is the region of Sumer considered the Cradle of Civilization?
-Where cuneiform was created. (the world's 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?
-To help track all the business transactions


What medium was used to "write" Cuneiform? Explain the process of preparing and writing on this surface?
-Clay tablets
-They would wet the clay, form it into flat surfaces and use a wedge shaped stylus made from reeds to make impressions into the clay surface then lay them in the sun to dry and harden


What did Cuneiform begin as a series of?
-pictographs





Post an example of evolved Cuneiform (wedge-shaped).

After it evolved over time, what shape did the characters of Cuneiform evolve into?
-a wedge shaped language


Post an example of Akkadian Cuneiform.

After the Akkadians conquered, what happened to the Sumerian culture and written language?
-adopted the sumerian culture and their written language, Cuneiform.


What is a pictograph?
-pictures which resemble what they signify


Why did the creation of Cuneiform allow the Sumerians to become a sophisticated culture?
-because pictographs became more abstract and the number of characters began to grow