Mesopotamian scribes wrote in ____________ (from the Latin, meaning “wedge-shaped”) script on clay tablets using signs denoting objects and sounds from the spoken language.
a. Hieroglyphics.
b. Hieratic.
c. Alphabets.
d. Cuneiform.
d. Cuneiform.
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