Before european contact, igbo society did not
have many of the technologies and cultural
institutions that were common in much of the
rest of the world. what evidence can you find
in the text that would support the claim that
igbo society is primitive? present and explain
at least three examples from the text of
primitive behavior, customs, or technologies.

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.