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.