Question

movement of goods into cities points​

Answer 1

Answer:

CLASS:-11TH

HISTORY NOTES , CHAPTER:-2

WRITING AND CITY LIFE

SNIPPETS FROM THE CHAPTER

Movement of Goods into cities

1. Mesopotamian Writing:

Explanation:

• The first Mesopotamian tablets, written

around 3200 BCE, contained picture-like

signs and numbers.

• Writing began when society needed to

keep records of transactions – because in

city life transactions occurred at different

times, and involved many people and a

variety of goods

• Mesopotamians wrote on tablets of clay.

2. Modern Writing: The greatest legacy of

Mesopotamia to the world is its scholarly

tradition of time reckoning and mathematics,

calender.