Sumerian Writing Majority of individuals communicate verbally or in a written language. In order to have communication or pass thoughts to other individuals writing is an important way to rely your knowledge. However, when did the writing method occur? Well over 10,000 years ago an Ice age had overspread across the Southern and Northern Hemispheres it had caused tons of ice to bury, ruin a whole area of civilization, and changed the living conditions for the survivors that were hunter-gathers (Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism). However, due to the Ice age it had emerged edible grass such as wheat. These survivors of the Ice age were a small group of people who had migrated to southern parts of Europe, the middle parts of Asia,
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The Sumerians had built an urbanized civilization in Mesopotamia (Mr. Giotto’s site). The Mesopotamia civilization was built around having a family and clans, specialized jobs for individuals, a hierarchy, artifacts, and culture based on upon the common factors of behavioral, language, and religion. The Mesopotamia land made it feasible for the Sumerians to make a civilization because it was flat, accessible to fresh water, rich soil, and agriculture (Mr. Giotto’s site). With the water and agriculture Sumerians were able to feed their animals and grow crops. It was a civilization were people worked specialized jobs such as a weaver, farmer, and pottery making. Although the hunter-gathers were the first to achieve the civilization and provided for themselves, it was now the producers who provided food for those who worked in varies occupations. The Sumerians became traders and was gaining a surplus for the community. With the trade they needed to keep track of taxes and their inventory coming in and out of the cities (Macro history and world timeline). Therefore, they enabled them to develop a writing system to help keep track of the inventory. The Mesopotamia people started writing their transactions with numerical calculation based on units of ten, for example number of fingers on both of an individual’s
The Sumerians had built an urbanized civilization in Mesopotamia (Mr. Giotto’s site). The Mesopotamia civilization was built around having a family and clans, specialized jobs for individuals, a hierarchy, artifacts, and culture based on upon the common factors of behavioral, language, and religion. The Mesopotamia land made it feasible for the Sumerians to make a civilization because it was flat, accessible to fresh water, rich soil, and agriculture (Mr. Giotto’s site). With the water and agriculture Sumerians were able to feed their animals and grow crops. It was a civilization were people worked specialized jobs such as a weaver, farmer, and pottery making. Although the hunter-gathers were the first to achieve the civilization and provided for themselves, it was now the producers who provided food for those who worked in varies occupations. The Sumerians became traders and was gaining a surplus for the community. With the trade they needed to keep track of taxes and their inventory coming in and out of the cities (Macro history and world timeline). Therefore, they enabled them to develop a writing system to help keep track of the inventory. The Mesopotamia people started writing their transactions with numerical calculation based on units of ten, for example number of fingers on both of an individual’s