By 5,500 years ago, tokens were no longer used as individual counters but were stored in clay envelopes. This indicates that the use of tokens changed from being a visual counting system to a system of record keeping using symbols inside the envelopes.

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By 5,500 Years Ago

Question 19

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By 5,500 years ago:

A) token use stopped entirely
B) the number of token forms jumped from about 50 to 1,000
C) tokens were no longer used as individual counters but were stored in clay envelopes
D) token use spread throughout the Middle East, northern Africa, and south Asia

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