Cuneiform and the Sumerians | 3,000 BC

The Sumerians were one of the earliest types of this kind of civilization? What does that mean? Nomadic Civilizations – they migrated.
Why is the region of Sumer considered the Cradle of Civilization? It is the area where the first written language was created.
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 keep track of business transactions.
What medium was used to "write" Cuneiform? Explain the process of preparing and writing on this surface? Clay tablets. Wet the clay and form it into a flat surface, then used a wedge shaped stylus made from reeds to make impressions into the clay surface. Then layed the tablets in the sun to dry and harden.
What did Cuneiform begin as 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? More abstract into a wedge shaped language.
Post an example of Akkadian Cuneiform.
After the Akkadians conquered, what happened to the Sumerian culture and written language? The Akkadians adopted Sumerian culture and their written language.
What is a pictograph? A pictorial or visual representation of an object.
Why did the creation of Cuneiform allow the Sumerians to become a sophisticated culture? They had their own form of communication.