Neat, It's Sumer!

Neat, it’s Sumer! They invented: clay Which they used to talk about: wheat they had a lot of fun

A humorous infographic depicts an ancient Mesopotamian city and clay tablets labeled “clay,” alongside wheat. The joke is that the Sumerians invented writing on clay tablets to talk about wheat, implying that even the earliest written communication was used for mundane topics. EN: A humorous infographic depicts an ancient Mesopotamian city and clay tablets labeled “clay,” alongside wheat. The joke is that the Sumerians invented writing on clay tablets to talk about wheat, implying that even the earliest written communication was used for mundane topics.

• @sbunem / 23187 2022-05-29