Which of the following best describes the intended audience for this passage? A. colonists who hate British rule
B. the members of the Virginia Convention
C. the colonists who are fighting the British
D. the speaker's consituents
E. individuals who are still unsure about fighting against Britain

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.