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    First Writers—The Sumerians: They Wrote on Clay
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    First Writers—The Sumerians: They Wrote on Clay

    By Gary Arthur Thomson

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    Sumerians were the ?rst people to write. Using a sharp three-cornered stylus, they wrote on claysmall wedge-shapes called cuneiform. With writing, Sumerians turned the corner from prehistory to history! After at least two million years of humans telling stories, the Sumerians introduced literacy.

    Most civilizations passed down their heritage through orally recited traditionsstories were passed from one generation to another by word of mouth. The Sumerians were the ?rst to write down their oral traditions.

    To make the historical record easier, the Sumerians invented calendars with exact dates of events and contracts often corroborated by astronomy. Since Sumerian farmers invented irrigation and created a surplus, other Sumerians could choose to specialize in law, education, architecture, engineering, marketing, and politicsall of which were accompanied by written records.

    Using the writings of the Sumerians and modern archaeology, this book will trace the story of the Sumerians, the worlds ?rst writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 4, 2011
    ISBN9781462059850
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    First Writers—The Sumerians: They Wrote on Clay
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    Gary Arthur Thomson

    Gary Arthur Thomson taught history and archaeology at McGill University for 23 years. He is a writer with his wife, Jeanette. They live on a forested island in a salt-box style house they built themselves. They travel a lot in their Winnebago VIA wintering in Florida. As teachers, they took their students on many study-tours around Europe and North America. Their website is: ioriginsbooks.com The Thomsons believe in democracy, public education, good music, great art, organic gardening and good conversation. They rely on the internet for objective news gathering from sources like spiked, counterpunch, democracynow and sanders.senate.gov

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