Bowling for Barley - EDSITEment

The Emergence and Evolution of the Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia—http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=622Treasure Hunt: Bowling for Barley Part IStudent Name ___________________________________________________ Date ________________1. For what purpose was the barley pictograph first used?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. One early development in the history of the barley sign was that something was oftenwritten after the barely sign. What was it?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. What was different about the barley sign when cuneiform writing was introduced?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Eventually, the barley sign was used for two different purposes. What were they?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Name five recording purposes for which cuneiform writing was eventually used.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. Name three languages written using cuneiform.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Permission is granted to educators to reproduce this worksheet for classroom use

The Emergence and Evolution of the Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia—http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=622Exercise III: How is each of the following pronounced?____________________________________________________________________________Permission is granted to educators to reproduce this worksheet for classroom use