Summary of Thomas Cahill's The Gifts of the Jews

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The written word was an invention born of necessity: how else were the Sumerians to keep their accounts straight. The novel agglomeration of human beings and their possessions into a city such as Uruk cried out for a new way of counting shipments and recalling transactions. #2 The first written language was invented in Sumer, and it was used to record business transactions. Sumer had risen to dominate all of M