A cylinder seal is a small, round cylinder invented around 3500 BCE in the Near East. It was particularly important in southern Mesopotamia. Cylinder seals were usually engraved with written characters or figures, and were used for administrative purposes.
There were two ways in which the Mesopotamians used cylinder seals:
- Most Mesopotamian sylinder seals formed an image through the use of depressions in the cylinder surface. This type of seal is linked to the development of clay tablets, and produces an effect similar to that of sunken reliefs in Ancient Egypt.
- The second was as for the seal to print images using raised areas on the cylinder. These were often used to print images on cloth and other two-dimensional surfaces.
Answer:
Sumerian writing is called cuneiform.
Heaven and Earth are ruthless；To them the Ten Thousand Things are but as straw dogs. The Sage too is ruthless；To him the people are but as straw dogs.—Tao Te Ching(天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。)
In fact, we Chinese seldom consider religion seriously. As we know that our life cannot fully depends on gods.
Adopted (If I can remember) And then Became Known as Rome's Founders, Who were also Nicknamed as Silver And Gold. I racked my brains for this one btw.
Answer: It was the Greeks
