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प्रश्न
Write a short note on the following:
Script
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उत्तर
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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Answer the following question?
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Text Book Keyword
Stylus
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Write a short note on the following:
Ziggurat
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Fill in the blank.
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Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
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