The word to fill the
blank space is "Writing".<span>
Complete sentence is as below:
In early Mediterranean civilizations, the development of an extensive
trade network and a bureaucracy that could manage record keeping was based on
writing.</span>
<span>Record keeping is as important in contemporary times as it was in ancient
times, a skill which has helped human civilization cross many barriers. </span>
<span>As in any era where reforms happen, there are winners, and losers.
The rich, Big Business benefit the most, while the middle and lower classes benefit the least
The unions benefit in that more people are wont to join for the protection they offer, and for a fair deal.
Consumers may benefit in the short term, however as we see, prices always go up, and quality always go down.
Women, Children, and the African Americans are the least groups to benefit, or were many years ago, as they had no real champions for their cause.
Hope this helps!!!!</span>
If something happened in ancient Egypt it would’ve happened in around 3100 BC to around 332 BC.
It was constantly attacked by foreign countries and this made it get weaker