... like building irrigation systems. Even though the priest was important, the people of Ancient Mesopotamia known as the Sumerians were very accomplished. The Sumerians developed a system of writing known as cuneiform. In cuneiform, a pointed stick called the stylus was used to form wedge shaped impressions on clay tablets. These wedge shaped impressions represented syllables that formed words when joined together. By using ... long distances. Since writing was developed, boys were able to go to school. They attended school from five to seventeen years old and when their education was com...

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... do it. The deeds of kings, political records, and property lines were the first major things that needed to be recorded. Like the Egyptians, the Sumerians used the art of "cuneiform" to write. The writing was evolved from pictures, which were baked on clay tablets. These pictures were eventually turned into symbols and transformed into phonetic elements. This form of writing ... , cuneiform was very hard to learn because there were so many different symbols and sounds for everything. Writing eventually was like the turning point in societies during the early Mesopotamian civilizations. ...

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... attacks. The Sumerians had some of the best and most advanced technology of their time. Sumerians came up with the first system of writing. They used a form of writing called cuneiform, which evolved from pictograms (like Egyptian heiroglyphs). Sumerians wrote on all kinds of things. The primary medium was a clay tablet, but Sumerians also wrote on round rocks, stone tablets, and ... able to face the challenges of being a king. He could do almost anything. He could single-handedly make laws, declare war, and order around almost anyone. The king also had scribes who collected taxes and k...

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