1. The next few slides are an example from UNIT I of the Presentation Assignment. You will follow instructions given, and provide 2-4 slides of information and visuals to help create a study tool for your classmates. Notice, the topics are on the first slide, and there is little text. Save your presentation as follows: Millhouse-2-Writing Systems Remember, you MUST meet with me a few days before you present during tutorials. You are not to just read from the slides. Teaching is learning…

2. Topic: Systems of record keeping arose independently in all early civilizations were subsequently diffused Teach one illustrative example of systems of record keeping from the following list: cuneiform, hieroglyphics, pictographs, alphabets, quipu

3. AP WORLD HISTORY Systems of Record Keeping: Cuneiform

4. Cuneiform Originating in the Middle East, cuneiform was used by scribes to record information about agriculture and taxes

5. Additional Uses of Cuneiform LawsLiterature & Myths Hammurabi’s Code Epic of Gilgamesh

6. Spread of Cuneiform Cuneiform was used by the Sumerians and the Akkadians. It was also used by the Hittites, Elamites, and Urartians.

7. Bibliography British Museum. “Mesopotamia.” Last accessed on August 24, 2011. http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/ home_set.html Guisepi, Robert. “The Hittites: A History of the Hittites.” International World History Project. Last modified in 2003. http://www.history-world.org/hittites.htm Stearns, Peter, et al. “From Human History to the Early Civilizations.” World Civilizations. 3 rd Edition. AP Edition. New York: Longman, 2003