mesopotamin writing final draft

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Cuneiform was a piece of clay paper to the Mesopotamians .They used it to keep records of stuff that has happened in the past and to communicate to each other.

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The way to use cuneiform is to use pictures and signs that show the word that you use .to write on it the Mesopotamians used a sharp object that could cut through the clay that was made out of reed.

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To keep record of things and to communicate to each other and to write storyes.

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Cuneiform made life easier for the Mesopotamians by letting farmers count

how much barley [a kind of crop] was given to the temple workers . The way this works is that the farmers keep count of how many barley is given to the workers.

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It changed the world by letting people be able to write and spell . But without it what is the point of school because you may be able to speak like bla bla gcayijjijmn but you cant spell or write .

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