Olszewski, Deborah I., Robert J. Wenke.
2007 Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind’s First Three Million Years. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. 391-394
Hieroglyphs is a written language and although it is usually associated with Egypt, some scholars believe that it first came centuries before it was introduced in Egypt in Mesopotamia; however, it was highly modified (392). The hieroglyphic writing was used by the Ancient Egyptians between 3100 BC. until 1100 AD. and its origin remains a mystery to this day (391). Scholars suggest that it probably started out as pictographic writing on papyrus which also uses drawings and pictures as phonetic letters or determinative rhymes which then developed into a mixture of symbols …show more content…
PhD dissertation, Department of Economic History, University of Illinois, Illinois.
Assyrian education was mostly meant to be given to the higher class, however, in Babylonia, almost everyone had access to education and everyone knew how to read and write including some slaves (19). Orville Keister shows how record keeping in Mesopotamian societies was essential to keeping track of the smallest details in their everyday lives, including meals, work, religion, and even the smallest kiss on a wife’s cheek before a man goes to work (19).
Record keeping made us understand their ways of living life and how they did things back then. The economic environment consisted of agriculture, which was the main job most people had, urban industries and activities within the temple and palace. Their religion was polytheistic Sabaism, which is worshipping the sun, moon and the stars (20-21).
Record keeping was a major asset in trading, business owners would keep detailed entrees of every trade and event that happened (45). Despite the many evidence that proved that clay was the most popular material to use for writing, others say that papyrus was the primary material used but it was later proven wrong
2007 Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind’s First Three Million Years. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. 391-394
Hieroglyphs is a written language and although it is usually associated with Egypt, some scholars believe that it first came centuries before it was introduced in Egypt in Mesopotamia; however, it was highly modified (392). The hieroglyphic writing was used by the Ancient Egyptians between 3100 BC. until 1100 AD. and its origin remains a mystery to this day (391). Scholars suggest that it probably started out as pictographic writing on papyrus which also uses drawings and pictures as phonetic letters or determinative rhymes which then developed into a mixture of symbols …show more content…
PhD dissertation, Department of Economic History, University of Illinois, Illinois.
Assyrian education was mostly meant to be given to the higher class, however, in Babylonia, almost everyone had access to education and everyone knew how to read and write including some slaves (19). Orville Keister shows how record keeping in Mesopotamian societies was essential to keeping track of the smallest details in their everyday lives, including meals, work, religion, and even the smallest kiss on a wife’s cheek before a man goes to work (19).
Record keeping made us understand their ways of living life and how they did things back then. The economic environment consisted of agriculture, which was the main job most people had, urban industries and activities within the temple and palace. Their religion was polytheistic Sabaism, which is worshipping the sun, moon and the stars (20-21).
Record keeping was a major asset in trading, business owners would keep detailed entrees of every trade and event that happened (45). Despite the many evidence that proved that clay was the most popular material to use for writing, others say that papyrus was the primary material used but it was later proven wrong