Questions 1
Approximately when was Cuneiform invented?
3,500BC
5,500 years ago
Was writing Cuneiform done by everyone in Mesopotamia?
No
Before Cuneiform what form of writing did people use?
Pictographs
Who wrote most Cuneiform in ancient Mesopotamia?
Pictographs are simple pictures of what?
The objects they represent
What was the early tool used for Cuneiform made of?
A reed stem
Where was Cuneiform invented?
Mesopotamia
Who did scribes work for?
The Government
The Temples
The Wealthy
Taxes, Business, Trade, Laws, Temple Activities, Personal Letters, Myths and Stories
Why did Cuneiform adopt a script instead of pictographs?
To express more complicated ideas