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Which sentence contains a supporting detail that answers the question, What did the Sumerians need to keep track of?
Main Idea: The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing.
Sumerians
The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. The Sumerians were a wealthy people. They needed some way to keep track of what they owned. They began drawing pictures. They used a reed as a pen. They drew on soft pieces of clay. The soft clay was then dried in the sun. The tablet became a permanent record. Later, the Sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. This kind of writing is called cuneiform. By putting symbols together, the Sumerians could write entire sentences.
By putting symbols together, the Sumerians could write entire sentences.
The Sumerians were a wealthy people.
They needed some way to keep track of what they owned.
They began drawing pictures.
The sentence that contains a supporting detail that answers the question, "What did the Sumerians need to keep track of?" is:
"They needed some way to keep track of what they owned."