Which of the following describes the earliest Sumerian writings?
A) They were ideograms in which each sign symbolized an idea.
B) They were pictographs in which each sign pictured an object.
C) Each symbol represented a sound in the spoken language.
D) They were written using the first known alphabet.
Answer: B) They were pictographs in which each sign pictured an object.
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