Lesson Six The Invention of Writ

公元前3200年，在广阔的美索不达米亚平原上，苏美尔人踏上了曲折的创造文字的路程。人们是出于何种目的呢？遇到了哪些困难呢？

the religion kept the machine running so to speak

(I am waiting for a minute to make sure all the groups get caught up. This next part is a little tricky.)

The scribes realized that if they rotates all of their symbols by 90 degrees, then they could still WRITE from left to right, and the priests could still READ from top to bottom

BIG QUESTION: Why didn't the Chinese ALSO switch their writing direction from TOP-BOTTOM to LEFT-RIGHT?