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Write a short note on the following:
Script
Solution
Script— ‘Cuneiform’ was the wedge-shaped script of the Mesopotamians. It was written with a tool known as ‘Stylus’ on the clay tablets, which were dried in the sun. This script was written from right to left. We can get every important information about the Mesopotamians by this script. Thus this script was the greatest contribution of the Mesopotamians to the world civilization is the art of writing.
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