Learning module considers the writing systems and literature of ancient Mesopotamia before the arrival of Christianity or Islam.

View clay tablets, cones, and brick fragments inscribed using the ancient Sumerian pictographic writing system known as cuneiform and read about the ancient writing system.

History Questions: Sumerian Writing and Cuneiform Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

On this site, investigate the writing of Ancient Mesopotamia. Learn how the Sumerians invented the first writing system called cuneiform.

This detailed article on the Sumerians provides information on Sumerian writing, myth, education, city-states, and artifacts. Part of a larger world history website, "The Land Between the Rivers," is an excellent introduction to the...