https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51 Cuneiform en-us 2017-01-19 17:19:22 UTC 2024-11-18 21:23:01 UTC hello@padlet.com fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148165185 The earliest cuneiform tablets, known as proto-cuneiform, were pictorial, as the subjects they addressed were more concrete and visible (a king, a battle, a flood) but developed in complexity as the subject matter became more intangible (the will of the gods, the quest for immortality)]]> 2017-01-19 17:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148165185 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148165632 Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE.]]> 2017-01-19 17:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148165632 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148166878 2017-01-19 17:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148166878 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148434229 The name comes from the Latin word cuneus for 'wedge' owing to the wedge-shaped style of writing. In cuneiform, a carefully cut writing implement known as a stylus is pressed into soft clay to produce wedge-like impressions that represent word-signs (pictographs) and, later, phonograms or `word-concepts' (closer to a modern day understanding of a `word'). All of the great Mesopotamian civilizations used cuneiform (the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Elamites, Hatti, Hittites, Assyrians, Hurrians and others) until it was abandoned ]]> 2017-01-20 17:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148434229 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148438136 2017-01-20 18:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148438136 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148468525 Cave paintings (also known in archaeology as "parietal art") are paintings found on cave walls and ceilings, and especially those of prehistoric origin, which date back to some 40,000 years ago in both Asia and Europe. The exact purpose of the Paleolithic cave paintings is not known.]]> 2017-01-20 19:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148468525 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148469441 2017-01-20 19:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148469441 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148470572 Rock paintings have been made since the Upper Paleolithic, 40,000 years ago.They have been found in Europe, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia.
It is widely believed that the paintings are the work of respected elders or shamans. The most common themes in European cave paintings are large wild animals, such as bison, horses, aurochs, and deer, and tracings of human hands [which was said to be the signature of the artist who painted it] as well as abstract patterns.]]> 2017-01-20 19:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148470572 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148534663 Some theories hold that cave paintings may have been a way of transmitting information, while other theories ascribe them a religious or ceremonial purpose. There are many common themes throughout the many different places that the paintings have been found; implying the universality of purpose and similarity of the impulses that might have created the imagery.]]> 2017-01-21 22:08:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148534663 fsoto9 https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148534810 2017-01-21 22:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fsoto9/23utuplo7z51/wish/148534810