1. The Phenomenon of Writing
... wedge." Cuneiform owes its origins to the need arising from public economy and administration. With the rise in production of the country, accumulated surplus were sent to the cities. This necessitated a method of keeping account of all the goods coming into the cities as well as of manufactured goods leaving for the country. However before the first tablet was written, the Sumerians used an uncomplicated but ... a developed form that anthropologist and archeologists cannot see the full transition. Writing , for these two civilization as well as the other three civilization where writing...
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