Cuneiform and the Sumerians | 3,000 BC

The Sumerians were one of the earliest types of this kind of civilization? 
Nomadic


What does that mean?
without a fixed home


Why is the region of Sumer considered the Cradle of Civilization?
Because Cuneiform was created there


What could the Sumerians practice year round because of the regions climate?Agriculture

Post an example of early Cuneiform (Sumerian pictograph).


Why was Cuneiform created?To track business transactions


What medium was used to "write" Cuneiform? Explain the process of preparing and writing on this surface? Wet clay and impress sticks into them to write and then lay them out in the sun in order to dry the slabs.


What did Cuneiform begin as a series of? 
A series of pictographs

Post an example of evolved Cuneiform (wedge-shaped).



After it evolved over time, what shape did the characters of Cuneiform evolve into?
Wedge shaped

Post an example of Akkadian Cuneiform.

After the Akkadians conquered, what happened to the Sumerian culture and written language?It was adopted by the Akkadians


What is a pictograph?Visual representation of an object


Why did the creation of Cuneiform allow the Sumerians to become a sophisticated culture?
It was a new form of communication