To communicate and keep records.
To communicate and keep records.
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The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia developed cuneiform writing. Mesopotamia was in the middle east in the general area of Syria and Iraq
The Sumerians were the first to use a writing system in history. It was called cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped signs).
Cuneiform
The system of writing developed by the Sumerians was called Cuneiform.
Around 4000 BC, but it's up for debate. To be clear, Sumerians were not the first people to develop a form of writing. It's clear now that the Phoenicians developed writing before they did, and more recently it's evident that that was an off-shoot of Old South Arabian.
Cuneiform
ramps and inclined walks,columns,and arches(:
Cuneiform was the written system of the Sumerians. It is one of the first forms of writing, and consists of symbols.
The Sumerians from Mesopotamia were the first to use writing. It's called cuneiform, after the wedge-shaped tool they used to carve the words out.
The first system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks in soft clay