very few mesopotamians could read and write why?
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In Ancient Mesopotamia, 90% of people had no knowledge of how to read and write their region’s written language, cuneiform. The only people that were capable of reading and writing this complex form of writing were the scribes (professional writers). Scribes, almost always men, were high up in Mesopotamia’s social order as they played a significant role throughout history, being key administers who maintained economic offices and also aided the development of historical documents, religion and knowledge of medicines.
Throughout childhood in Mesopotamia, only young boys at the age of eight, from wealthy families had the opportunity to go to school in order to be trained early to read and write the written language, cuneiform. Girls, no matter how high up in the social order, were forced to stay at home to learn housekeeping and cooking, so that they could one day take the profession of their mother. The schools invented were the first developed education systems and known as Tablet Houses, which taught the necessary skills of a scribe. The educators often used punishment on young boys if they had failed to meet their requirements or misbehaved. Being a scribe took roughly 10-12 years to accomplish and was a pathway to powerful professions in Ancient Mesopotamia such as a priest who needed to know how to read and write in order to keep records. Scribes could also work for the government (keeping track of taxes, recording trade transactions and accounting.). Scribes were very powerful men who were much respected in the region, as their profession was something many were incapable of and they also controlled Mesopotamia’s information and knowledge.