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First of all it depends on your definition of "primitive" and your definition of "writing". If by primitive tribes you mean hunter gatherer groups--small groups in which the men usually hunt and the women gather--then the answer is no. Hunter gatherer tribes were nomadic which means that they traveled from place to place. Traveling and looking for food requires a lot of time. When you're starving half the time you don't have a lot of time to invent other things like writing or art. That doesn't mean that they didn't create ways to communicate to future generations. Cave paintings across the world illustrate this. Many hunter gatherers also passed down stories from generation to generation. The invention of the written word, however, came during the agricultural revolution. This was when the invention of farming came into place. Farming allowed hunter gatherers to stay in place, specialize labor and create ways of writing stuff down. The first written language was invented in Mesopotamia. The created hieroglyphic symbols called cuneiform and etched them on to clay palettes.
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What is the prefix of primitive?
The prefix of the word "primitive" is "pre-."
How can you use the word primitive in a sentence?
The ancient tribe used primitive tools to hunt for food in the forest.
What p word is the opposite of civilized?
The opposite of civilized could "Primitive"
How do you use primative in noun form?
The word 'primitive' is a singular, common noun; a word for an artist who produces very simple works of art; the works of such an artist; a person belonging to a preliterate, nonindustrial society or culture.A noun functions as the subject of a sentence or clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition. Examples:subject of a sentence: A primitive in a prehistoric society used many skills, even forms of art.subject of a clause: "Plowing", a primitive painted by Grandma Moses, was the main feature of the gallery.object of the verb: We bought a primitive by an unknown sculptor.object of the preposition: The auction price went very high for a primitive.When followed by a noun, the word 'primitive' is an adjective a primitive society, a primitive artist.
What countries do not a have writing system for their languages?
Some examples of countries without a writing system for their languages include some indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest and certain remote tribes in Papua New Guinea. These languages are primarily spoken and passed down orally within the community.
What is the study of primitive tribes?
Archeologists
Why did some primitive tribes of Luzon Philippines engage in headhunting?
The local tribes engaged in headhunting because tailhunting was outlawed by the local clerics.
What purpose did witch doctors have in the primitive tribes of Africa?
They were a usually mixture of clergy and physician.
What is hierolgypics?
Hierolgypics is a primitive form of writing that uses pictures as words.
What substance did they use to stuff a mummy's nose?
Fenolftalein, it is also used today in some primitive tribes.
What is a burkbala instrument?
A Burkbala is a primitive version of a xylophone and is made of wood. It originates from Africa amongst its tribes.
Do africans have symbols in their writing?
Pictographs writing is very common in the tribes of Africa.
What has the author Chaturbhuj Sahu written?
Chaturbhuj Sahu has written: 'Primitive tribes of India' -- subject(s): Social conditions, Scheduled tribes, Social policy 'Birhor tribe' -- subject(s): Ethnology, Scheduled tribes
Why do people know so little about primitive tribes?
When was the last time you sat in on an anthropology lecture or read a national geographic? Primetive tribes are extremely well studied and understood.
What name did the commissioner in Things Fall Apart plan to call his book?
The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger
The pacification of the primitive tribes of the lower Niger mean?
It's a reference to the end of "things fall apart" by chinua Achebe.
Do the Greeks use bows for hunting?
archery was known to many primitive tribes- some barely on the Human level. a man named Hugh Knight sighted a primitive man- almost on the Sasquatch level in the Tibetan frontier circa- l890"s and he was bearing some kind of primitive bow, used for susbsistence hunting.
