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The triangular indentations used for the script of Sumerians is called cuneiform.

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What civilization developed an early writing system that used cuneiform script on wet clay tablets?

The SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION developed cuneiform as a method of transcribing concepts.


Who invented the first writing systems?

The Sumerians were the first to create the first writing system. The exact person, I have no idea.


Which near eastern societies invented writing?

The earliest known writing systems were developed by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE, using cuneiform script. Simultaneously, the Egyptians developed hieroglyphics around 3100 BCE. Other Near Eastern societies, such as the Hittites and Phoenicians, later contributed to the evolution of writing systems, but Sumerians and Egyptians are credited with the invention of writing itself.


What was the name of the official script of the Persian Empire?

The Behistun Script


How did the development of cuneiform enable scholars to learn about the amcient sumerians?

The development of cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems, allowed scholars to access and interpret a wealth of information about the ancient Sumerians. This script, inscribed on clay tablets, recorded various aspects of Sumerian life, including administrative records, literature, legal codes, and religious texts. By studying these artifacts, scholars have been able to reconstruct Sumerian society, culture, and history, revealing insights into their governance, economy, and beliefs. Thus, cuneiform serves as a crucial key to understanding the complexity and achievements of one of the world's first civilizations.

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What is the name of the wedge-shaped writing by Sumerians?

cuneiform


What did sumerians use to write with on cuneiform?

Sumerians used reeds to write on clay tablets when they created cuneiform script. The reeds were shaped into a triangular point, which they pressed into wet clay to form the wedge-shaped characters of cuneiform.


What group is credited with developing the earliest known script?

The Sumerians


What script did the Sumerians use?

The Sumerians used a script called "Cuneiform" pronounced qew-nay-i-form. Cuneiform documents were impressed on wet clay by means of a blunt reed and the impressions left by the reed were wedge shaped, hence the name cuneiform from the Latin term cuneus, meaning "wedge").


What systems of writing were used by the following groups Sumerians?

Cuneiform script


Write about cuneiform script?

The Sumerians were the first to devise a script. This is knew as the cuneiform script. This in the from of pictographs signs, symbols and pictures which denoted objects. Henry Rawlinson deciphered the Sumerian script......


What is television script called And are there different names for scripts for for example a script for a series a drama and a game show?

Every script is called a script. Regardless of the genre, the script is still called the script.


Which civilization developed an early writing system that used cuneiform script on wet clay tablets?

The Sumerians.


In which direction did the Sumerians read?

When the Sumerians first developed their script, it was read from top to bottom. Around 3000 BCE they began reading from left to right and their characters rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.


What is an ancient Minoan script called?

Ancient Minoan Script is called Linear A.


What is a script called when it is written or printed?

I am pretty sure it is still called a script.


What is the final script in a performance called?

In films, the final draft of a screenplay is called the "shooting script." The equivalent for a play could be the rehearsal script.