They used the cuneiform writing style.
The Sumerians and Babylonians used cuneiform writing style, which consisted of wedge-shaped marks made in clay tablets using a reed stylus. This writing system was one of the earliest forms of writing in the world.
No, people in Mesopotamia do not still use cuneiform. Cuneiform was a writing system used by ancient Mesopotamian civilizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. It has been largely replaced by alphabetic systems.
The Sumerians used cuneiform for writing down records of transactions, laws, literature, and prayers on clay tablets. It allowed them to create one of the first systems of writing in ancient Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE.
The Sumerians first used cuneiform for record-keeping and administrative purposes. It was primarily used for documenting transactions, keeping track of inventories, and recording important events such as wars or religious ceremonies.
While cuneiform was a sophisticated writing system developed by the Sumerians, it was complex due to its use of hundreds of characters representing words, syllables, or sounds. It required years of study to become proficient. However, it's true that many Sumerians, particularly scribes and officials, were able to write in cuneiform as it played a crucial role in administrative, economic, and religious activities in ancient Mesopotamia.
Sumerians used a stylus made of reed or wood to produce cuneiform writing on clay tablets. The stylus would be pressed into the clay to create wedge-shaped markings that represented different sounds and meanings in their writing system.
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'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth', meaning, if you commit a crime, your punishment will be what you did to that person. Ex: If you kill someone, you will be killed.
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The Sumerians were the first to use a writing system in history. It was called cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped signs).
The system of writing developed by the Sumerians was called Cuneiform.
the akkadians took over the sumerians and change there writing to what
the akkadians took over the sumerians and change there writing to what
The Sumerians first used cuneiform for record-keeping and administrative purposes. It was primarily used for documenting transactions, keeping track of inventories, and recording important events such as wars or religious ceremonies.