2. C Melissa Damigella Cuneiform Writing

3. Cuneiform Writing Cuneiform writing is based on pictographs. Used for information for crops and taxes. After thousands of years scribes recorded daily events, trade, literature, and astronomy on clay tablets. During the end of the stone age and beginning of the bronze age. They were also used for education. People write on clay tablets because they didn’t have paper. Scribes are people who know how to read and write. They are hired because not many people know how to read and write. You have to go to school to become a scribe. At school you have to copy down many things. If they didn’t make it perfect or else they were punished (whipped) Only boys went to school. Instead of passing down stories by talking they kept records using cuneiform writing because then the stories might be changed. Cuneiform writing is based on pictographs. Used for information for crops and taxes. After thousands of years scribes recorded daily events, trade, literature, and astronomy on clay tablets. During the end of the stone age and beginning of the bronze age. They were also used for education. People write on clay tablets because they didn’t have paper. Scribes are people who know how to read and write. They are hired because not many people know how to read and write. You have to go to school to become a scribe. At school you have to copy down many things. If they didn’t make it perfect or else they were punished (whipped) Only boys went to school. Instead of passing down stories by talking they kept records using cuneiform writing because then the stories might be changed.

4. Cuneiform Writing Cuneiform Writing is similar to the English language writing because both Cuneiform and the English language uses writing for the same purposes. For example they wrote about daily events, trade, literature, and astronomy.

5. D Melissa Damigella Women of Mesopotamia

6. Women in ancient Mesopotamia were not treated equally to men but, they did have rights. Some rights are that some women could go freely to the market, buy and sell goods, handle legal issues, own property, and start their own business. Upper Class women like members of the royal family, and women who give their life to temples as priestesses could learn how to read and write. Some women even had jobs for running parts of the town or jobs in the city government. Women in ancient Mesopotamia were not treated equally to men but, they did have rights. Some rights are that some women could go freely to the market, buy and sell goods, handle legal issues, own property, and start their own business. Upper Class women like members of the royal family, and women who give their life to temples as priestesses could learn how to read and write. Some women even had jobs for running parts of the town or jobs in the city government.

7. Women of Mesopotamia Women in Mesopotamia are similar to women in the United States because they still can have jobs, go to the store, own businesses, sell goods, and handle legal issues. Also some wealthy women know how to read and write.

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