The earliest known writing originated in _______ and likely developed ________.
a. southern Mesopotamia, to keep economic records.
b. northern Mesopotamia, to preserve the genealogy of rulers.
c. Mesoamerica, to keep track of astronomical movements.
d. the Mesolithic, as an adaptive strategy used by Denisovans.
e. Mohenjo-Daro, in secret within an elite group of priests.
Answer is a. southern Mesopotamia, to keep economic records. (The earliest known writing first developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions.)
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