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The next few slides are an example from UNIT I of the Presentation
Assignment. You will follow instructions given, and provide
2-4 slides of information and visuals to help create a study tool for
your classmates.
Notice, the topics are on the first slide, and there is little text.
Save your presentation as follows: Millhouse-2-Writing Systems
Remember, you MUST meet with me a few days before you present
during tutorials.
You are not to just read from the slides. Teaching is learning…
Topic: Systems of record keeping
arose independently in all early
civilizations were subsequently
diffused
Teach one illustrative example of
systems of record keeping from the
following list: cuneiform, hieroglyphics,
pictographs, alphabets, quipu
Systems of Record Keeping:
Cuneiform
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AP WORLD HISTORY
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Cuneiform
Originating in the Middle
East, cuneiform was used by
scribes to record information
about agriculture and taxes
Additional Uses of Cuneiform
Laws
Hammurabi’s Code
Literature & Myths
Epic of Gilgamesh
Spread of Cuneiform
Cuneiform was used by the Sumerians and the Akkadians. It was also used by
the Hittites, Elamites, and Urartians.
Bibliography
British Museum. “Mesopotamia.” Last accessed on August
24, 2011. http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/
home_set.html
Guisepi, Robert. “The Hittites: A History of the Hittites.”
International World History Project. Last modified in
2003. http://www.history-world.org/hittites.htm
Stearns, Peter, et al. “From Human History to the Early
Civilizations.” World Civilizations. 3rd Edition. AP
Edition. New York: Longman, 2003