The word suffused is made up of two Latin roots: sub-, meaning "under," and fusi, meaning "poured." Use those to help write your definition for suffused as it is used in paragraph 15. Once you are finished, use a print or an online dictionary to confirm the definition.

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.