WRITING EXPERT

Directions: You will be creating a handout for the archaeological convention that describes Mesopotamian writing. You will use Microsoft Word or AppleWorks to create your handout. You must answer these questions somewhere in your handout.

1. Go to http://it.stlawu.edu/%7Edmelvill/mesomath/tokens.html and read about the early system of tokens.

a. How were tokens used?

b. How did tokens evolve into a system of writing and mathematics?

2. Go to http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/stone/319/ and http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/writMAIN.html and read about cuneiform.

a. Why was it created?

b. How was it written?

c. Who learned to write?

d. What was the role of scribes?

3. Go to http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/cylsls.html and read about cylinder seals.

a. What was the purpose of cylinder seals?

b. What did they look like?

4. Go to http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi and write your name in cuneiform.

5. Go to http://it.stlawu.edu/%7Edmelvill/mesomath/Numbers.html and see what cuneiform numbers looked like.

6. You must include on your handout 3 examples of cuneiform numbers and one example of cuneiform writing.