Adoption of the Cuneiform aspect of Sumerian culture throughout Mesopotamia represents the concept of cultural diffusion.
Cultural diffusion has to do with the spread and adoption of the cultures of others by another ethnic group or region.
Cuneiform was developed in the Sumerian culture. It is the worlds first system of writing. Pictures and symbols were used to represent objects on slates. This system was adopted and widespread in the ancient middle East.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a strike on U.S. from Japan but they had done this because although the U.S. had stayed neutral they were still giving Great Britain and other Ally powers supplies.