IAncient Sumerian Writing Cuneiform

Written and created by: Sasha Chua

Content Why I chose this topic p.3 Why, where, when was it invented and

how was it used p.4 How Did Ancient Writing Look like p.5 How Does It Make Life Easier Andhow does writing change the world today p.7 Resources p.8 Q&A p.9 Reflection p.10

Why I chose this topic

I think writing will be interesting and fascinating to research about since writing is so important and you see it wherever you go. And I love creative writing, so why not?

Why, where, when was It invented and how was it used

Mesopotamians the people living in ’the land between the two rivers’ were the first people to develop a written language. Writing was created so Sumerians and people now days to keep records of the past. People can send messages to each other as well. Writing also let people to pass important information to future generations.

How Did Ancient Writing Look Like

Ancient Sumerian record keepers wrote pictographic symbols called cuneiform. Cuneiform was written on soft pieces of clay tablets. The clay tablets were baked to make them hard so it makes writing easier. Writing simple things was easy like drawing a fish or broom to communicate with others. The system worked well in a simple society. But how can they draw justice or liberty or other hard things? Most people now write symbols to represent sounds. E.g: English, French, Spanish etc.

How Does It Make Life Easier And How Does It Change Our Life

People Use writing to communicate, write history, write notes in class of what they are learning. Write rules, instructions and what they do in daily life. Now people use writing for entertainment and learning. E.g., books, poems and comprehensions. If the world didn’t have writing people will forget things easily and there would be no signs, GPS, atlas or maps so people will get loss easily. Things would be entirely perplexing and difficult.

Resources

http://www.mrdowling.com/603-writing.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform http://

www.crystalinks.com/sumerlanguage.html

http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/cuneiform.html

Q&A Q: Why was writing created? A: So Sumerians and people now days can keep

records of the past, send messages to each other and pass important information to future generations etc.

Q:What are pictographic symbols called? A: Cuneiform Q: Give me an example of what country that still

uses pictographic symbols? A: China Give me a few languages that represent sound? English, French, Spanish, German etc.

Reflection

I think I did alright on this PowerPoint. I did research on this invention and found pictures to go with it. I learned quite a lot of things about ancient writing. Things I never knew before.

Thank you! I hope you all learned something!