Question

strong metal tools allowed bronze age farmers to grow surplus crops and trade them with neighbors for goods such as tools. the farmers needed a method for recording their exchanges and keeping track of how much surplus they had left. which of these conclusions do these two events most strongly support?

Answer 1

The most likely conclusion is that writing was created in response to the technological development of the society. Writing is a direct consequence of that.

Answer 2

Writing was the Indirect result of the rise of technology.