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They had the ability to take inventions that had been developed ... of the modern technologically advanced world that we live in today. ... Other ancient people made pottery by hand, but the Sumerians were ... An early writing sample from Mesopotamia using pictographs to create a record of food supplies.
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Explanation:
A few thousand years later, as variations on the two systems spread throughout the region, the entire ancient world had writing schemes that vastly improved the efficiency of economies, the accountability of governments and, maybe most importantly to us, our understanding of the past.
Reading and writing in ancient times wasn't for the masses, however. Daily life in Mesopotamia and Egypt was time-consuming, and so writing became a specialized profession, usually for members of the elite class. The highly-regarded scribes of ancient Mesopotamia were even depicted in art wearing cuneiform writing implements (a bit like a set of chopsticks) in their belts as a mark of their importance.
