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Cuneiform Writing
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
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.
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Women of Mesopotamia
Women of Mesopotamia
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 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.
Bibliography
 http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/cuneiform.ht
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 http://www.mrdowling.com/603-writing.html
 http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/women.html
 http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/school.html