Read this sentence from “the most dangerous game” by richard connell:
after the debacle in russia i left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the czar to stay there.
what is the meaning of the word debacle in this sentence?

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.