According to the narrator, what advantage do the impoverished children of ireland have? a. they can seek adoption by wealthy families. b. they can become thieves. c. they can work harder on the farms. d. they can get involved in politics.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.