Which of the following is the best summary of the passage? Use the notes provided to guide you.
Main Idea: The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing.
Notes:
Sumerians invented writing
needed to keep records
called cuneiform
drew on clay tablets
used shapes
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.
The Sumerians invented cuneiform, the first type of writing, to enable them to keep track of what they owned.
Cuneiform consisted of symbols that were written into clay tablets.
The greatest gift the Sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing that was written into clay tablets.