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The Sumerians were the first known civilization with a written language called Cuneiform. Translating the hundreds of symbols and patterns told us that these people not only payed taxes but had report cards. Mostly, "documents" were found that pertained to matters of currency or government. The Sumerians used math for bookkeeping, building, and time. We adapted their 60 seconds in 1 minute, 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in a day calender system. (the 24 hours in one day derived from the 3 segments on your fingers on both hands. The Sumerians used their thumb to count each segment and that's where we get 24 from.

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