3. Why is Percy assigned border patrol? * He is a distraction for Clarisse and her gang to attach while Luke gets the flag.

He is new at camp and they don't want him to mess up the game.

He can create a force field to black the opponent.

He proved that he is good with a sword while fighting Luke.

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.