The First Written Language by Clara Lum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14 Analyzing the Mesopotamian written language, Cuneiform en-us 2020-04-20 23:19:20 UTC 2020-05-06 04:18:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dc.png claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518891190 2020-04-21 00:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518891190 Developed in: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518908644 Southern Mesopotamia by people known as Sumerians]]> 2020-04-21 00:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518908644 Began as: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518910403 pictures and symbols written on clay tablets

Known as Pictogram
  • A picture used to symbolize a word or phrase.

]]> 2020-04-21 00:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518910403 Developed around: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518912015 3100 BCE]]> 2020-04-21 00:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518912015 Scribes claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518914107 people who learned to read and write using cuneiform.]]> 2020-04-21 00:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518914107 Cuneiform claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518915275 2020-04-21 00:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518915275 claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518979412 2020-04-21 01:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/518979412 claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519000922 2020-04-21 01:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519000922 claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519004018 2020-04-21 01:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519004018 At first developed to: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519041271 communicate basic information about crops and taxes]]> 2020-04-21 02:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519041271 Slowly Developed into: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519044665 Script
  • A group of signs or letters, written by hand, used to make words
]]> 2020-04-21 02:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519044665 Eventually used it to: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519052247 recorded daily events, trade, astronomy, literature, and laws]]> 2020-04-21 02:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519052247 Most important literature written: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519129544  Epic of Gilgamesh]]> 2020-04-21 03:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519129544 Hammurabi's Code claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519130883 a collection of the laws and edicts of the Babylonian King Hammurabi]]> 2020-04-21 03:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519130883 Trying Cuneiform claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519139005 2020-04-21 03:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519139005 Means: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519140253 "Wedge shaped"
  • since marks made by stylus looked like wedge shaped marks
]]> 2020-04-21 03:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519140253 Question Time: claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519185153 2020-04-21 04:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519185153 Babylonian Cuneiform claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519234988 2020-04-21 05:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519234988 claralum https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519238655 2020-04-21 05:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/claralum/b88im2bbidetmk14/wish/519238655