Scribes became important in Sumerian and Egyptian life because they _________

Question

Scribes became important in Sumerian and Egyptian life because they _________

Answer 1

Scribes were important to Sumerian and Egyptian life because they were the only group of people taught to write!  What would this mean for society? They became the record-keepers, memory-keepers, and more. They were able to record daily life of the average person AND of the government decisions (think about money transactions and trades). Because of scribes, in modern day society, we can read how they celebrated holidays, held traditions, and even went to the bathroom! Being a scribe was an impressive job in early Sumerian and Egyptian life. 

 

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-- Brittany

Answer 2

they mostly kept track of courtly records, king's deeds (war, architecture, irrigation etc), royal edicts, royal weddings, and money transactions