The Lives of Scribes in Ancient Mesopotamia
Scribes. Scribing with their reed styli. (Source) Before writing Around 3500 B.C., just before the birth of writing, Sumerians had already been maintaining a civilization for thousands of years, complete with farming, temples, and all kinds of commerce, all of which required record keeping. But how do you keep records without writing? Well, not very…
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Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia - World History Encyclopedia
The Lives of Scribes in Ancient Mesopotamia
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Scribes in Ancient Mesopotamia - World History Encyclopedia
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Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid on X: There is a lot of misinformation out there about ancient Mesopotamia, and these tablets sometimes get used to discredit the very people who dedicated their lives to
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Teaching History with 100 Objects - A Mesopotamian writing tablet
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Ancient Civilizations — Ancient Mesopotamia, by PK HERE
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Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins
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Becoming a Scribe – Popular Archeology
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Do haniwa dream of ceramic sheep? — Women, goddesses and writing in ancient
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Levant (Mesopotamia, Canaan…) – Vridar
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Eduba - Wikipedia
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Magic: A History - Mesopotamia, Egypt and China
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Cuneiform (article), Ancient Near East