Based on your preview of the passage above, what do you predict the rest of the text will be about? will it be:
a.
an explanation of the reasons why orcas are in danger
b.
a history of orcas bred in captivity
c.
a description of the hunting techniques of orcas
d.
all of the above

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.