Multiple choice

There are striking similarities between the Indian civilization and the Sumerian civilization. During the Sumerian civilization, Cuneiform system of writing was developed. This was basically

  1. drawings and paintings on caves

  2. impressions by sun dried clay tablets

  3. writings on tree barks

  4. writings on stones
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The greatest achievement of Sumerian civilization was their Cunieform ("wedge-shaped") system of writing. Using a reed stylus, they made wedge-shaped impressions on wet clay tablets which were then baked in the sun. Once dried, these tablets were virtually indestructible. Originally, Sumerian writing was pictographic, that is, scribes drew pictures of representations of objects. 

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