2. why does douglass say that learning to read was a curse rather than a blessing?
a it showed his horrible situation, but not how to escape it.
b no books were available to him so he had nothing to read.
c he was upset that his slave owners would be angry with him.
d the young boys who him learn could get in serious trouble.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.