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The Invention of Cuneiform and Early Record Keeping
Explain how cuneiform script on clay tablets developed from accounting tokens into complex literature such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
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Investigate the geography, city-states, written legal codes, empires, and cultural innovations of ancient Mesopotamia.
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SS.6-8.EWC.16Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeInvestigate cultural developments within and across human societies with attention to belief systems, philosophies, ideologies, and the arts.
SS.6-8.EWC.22Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeAnalyze the intellectual, cultural, religious, and artistic contributions of ancient civilizations to our modern world of racially and ethnically diverse people.