English, 01.04.2021 01:00, ruchierosanp1n3qw
State the sentence type. Change simple sentences into complex sentences, and compound sentences into compound complex.
1.Some of the earliest forms of writing appeared around 3500 B. E.C.
2.The Sumerians needed to keep track of food, grain and other material used in trade, so they made pictures of the items on clay tables.
3.These pictures were the first form of writing.
4.The clay tables were baked in a kiln; as a result, thousands of them have lasted throughout the centuries.
5.The pictures were created with a wedge-shaped instrument; this type of writing is called cuneiform.
6.Gradually, these pictures came to represent the syllables of the Sumerian language.
7.Rather than clay, ancient Egyptians recorded their writings on leather or on a more fragile material.
8.This fragile material was papyrus, and it later came to be called paper.
9.About eighteen hundred years ago, a Chinese inventor made paper from bark and rags.
10.Chinese books were soon written on a paper; unfortunately, the knowledge of paper-making did not reach Europe for a thousand years.
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English, 22.06.2019 06:20, jae222
Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]
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English, 22.06.2019 15:00, sasalove
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