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Who used clay tablets?

Clay tablets were used by Sumerian civilization. Another word for ''clay tablets'' it's called cuneiform.Cuneiformdocuments were written onclay tablets, by means of a blunt reed for a stylus.


Why did sumerian use clay tablets?

They used it for the clay tablets they wrote on and pottery.


How do you make sumerian clay tablets?

ancient sumerian clay tablets were made of mud, water. the writing was made up of wedge shaped symbols. also, only scribes knew how to make the clay tablets and how to write on them.


What was a sumerian calendar made out of?

it was made out of clay


Where was clay tablets found?

Clay tablets were made out of clay that was easily found by the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.


What type of artifact has allowed us to learn a great deal about Sumerian civilization?

cuneiform on baked clay tablets


What were Assyrians writing tablets made of?

Clay


What is the name of the first Sumerian writing system which used wedge shaped styluses s on clay tablets?

The first Sumerian writing system is called cuneiform. It was developed around 3200 BCE and utilized wedge-shaped marks made by pressing styluses into soft clay tablets. This writing system was initially used for record-keeping and evolved to encompass various languages and literary forms over time.


How did Egyptian writing different from Sumerian writing?

Sumerian is the oldest known written language in human history. The writing was called cuneiform after the wedge shaped writing instrument. The pictograms were etched onto clay tablets and fired in kilns to make the writing endure. It was replaced by the Aramaic around 900BC. The Egyptians developed hieroglyphics, and they wrote on papyrus made from reeds. Papyrus was cheaper and easier to produce and keep than the clay tablets.


Who made cuneiform?

the sumerians made cuneiform on wet clay tablets


What is the difference between the Egyptian and the sumerian culture?

Sumerian is the oldest known written language in human history. The writing was called cuneiform after the wedge shaped writing instrument. The pictograms were etched onto clay tablets and fired in kilns to make the writing endure. It was replaced by the Aramaic around 900BC. The Egyptians developed hieroglyphics, and they wrote on papyrus made from reeds. Papyrus was cheaper and easier to produce and keep than the clay tablets.


Who were the people who made cuneiform writing on clay tablets?

Sumerians