I need info on the Babylonians' form of writing.?

Question

I'm working on a project for World History and I have to prove the Babylonians were a civilization by telling about their form of writing. I think it was mostly cunieform, adopted from the Sumerians, but I'm not sure. If you have any info please help me!

Answer 1

HI ,, you are most correct,,, Cuniform was their way of writing.. The Assaryans ,,, had the Code of Hamarabi also,, which was the first written laws... that we know of....

I dont want to get into a debate on the 10 commandments?? because i dont know the time period of them.... i am just going by what i was taught and have read...

The History Channel had a good story on this about 4 days ago...

Good luck

Answer 2

Go to Google

Type in: "Find Babylonian style of writing"

Hit "Search" key

You Will bring up a number of different sites.

Click and read the second on the list which is

"Read This: Lengths, Widths, Surfaces"........

and you can also scroll further down on the list and CLICK::

"(12) Early civilizations and the development of writing systems in..."

Both can help you with your project.

Good luck

Answer 3

all i remember is the word "cuneiform".
use a google or yahoo search, put in the words, in quotes "cuneiform, babylonian, world history, writing"
it will look for those exact words in whatever website.
(it helps narrow down the searches a lot more; put in more words associated with your topic that you can think of; put in less to get a broader search, maybe you can find a link for another site?)

Answer 4

That's correct. Cuneiform was used by a lot of different civilizations, including the Akkadians, who were Babylonians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_script

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language

Answer 5

Believe you are correct. Wedge shaped marks made with split reed into wet clay tablets.

Answer 6

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