Question

Which two professions were created as a result of the development of cuneiform in Mesopotamia?

shepherd
priest
scribe
blacksmith
bureaucrat

Answer 1

Scribe and Bureaucrat

Step-by-step explanation:

Shepherd is an old man with a staff that keeps wolves out of their sheep,

Priests are well... Priests.

A Scribe is someone who writes something down,

blacksmith is a smith who forges something, and

bureaucrat, I used the process of elimination

Answer 2

Correct answers are scribe and bureaucrat.

Step-by-step explanation:

Scribes were very rare in the Mesopotamian society simply because there weren't many educated people, and that is why this profession was highly respected. Bureaucrats also were a minority in the society and because they were bringing the important decisions, it was important for them to be literate.

Shepherd were illiterate and uneducated, but this didn't affect their profession, as they didn't needed it. Priests existed even before the cuneiform was created. Blacksmith had a similar position as shepherds in a sense that were not literate and were not obliged to be.