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What role did scribes play in sumerian society?
very important one they were assigned oral and written work
Why did Sumerian need leadership and organization?
Sumerian city-states gave scribes ( government officails) more power because scribes were very important in sumer
What was the system of writing that the sumerian scribes created?
Cuneiform.
How were Sumerian scribes educated?
scribes were educated by.....1- From reading what was on the walls2- by being taught3- by going to school4- GOOD LUCK ON WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING!
What examples of Sumerian brutality or violence?
in Sumerian society the character of Gilgamesh suggest that Sumerian society could be violent by
Why did scribes have power in Sumerian society?
they got to write about everything that occured in that time
When did scribes become important in Egypt?
They were first important in Mesopotamia, mostly in the Sumerian society
What role did scribes play in sumerian society?
very important one they were assigned oral and written work
Why did Sumerian need leadership and organization?
Sumerian city-states gave scribes ( government officails) more power because scribes were very important in sumer
Why why were scribes so important to sumerian society?
Scribes probably wrote down every important detail about the king and priest's meetings and requirements to please the god protecting the city-state.
What did Sumerian's scribes do?
Kept historical archives
Whose job is to write in a Sumerian society?
They were called scribes. There weren't many people trained to be scribes so the people who were scribes rushed around a lot and had a lot of responsiblility. they also did not believe in love! they marry who their parents pick.
Sumerian scribes used what insted of pencils?
clay
What was the system of writing that the sumerian scribes created?
Cuneiform.
How did the Sumerian literature affect the Sumerian society?
how did the politically Sumerian organization affect society
The people who specialized in writing in Sumerian society were called what?
We would call them "scribes". They called themselves dub-sar (literally, "tablet-writer").
What group of people were in the middle class of sumerian society?
The Sumerian middle class was made up of artisans, merchants and scribes. Since Sumerians acquired most of their wealth through trade, artisans and merchants had the ability to sell their wares to many who traveled to their land to trade. The collection of taxes was obviously very important and many scribes were employed by the government to keep careful records of these transactions.
