Launguage is a key part to a civilization so the need to communicate was propably what led to the formation of a language.
The Sumerians were one of the first civilizations to develop the wheel, which led to technological advances in agriculture and warfare. They also developed one of the world's two oldest writing systems.
cuneiform
Economic receipts and warehouse inventories.
The Sumerians recorded the positions of the stars and planets and develop a calendar for a couple of reasons. First they believed in a form of astrology where local events could be predicted understanding the heavens. Also, it helped them tell the best time of the year to plant crops.
This early type of writing practised by the Ancient Sumerians is called cuneiform or impressing onto clay tablets an alphabet as well as numbers or scores to record anything from a simple bill of sale, a record of what was bought or sold, inventories of storehouses and even marriage, dowry, and letters of communication. Clay was abundant and inexpensive. Papyrus developed later was a time consuming, labour. A dried and kiln fired clay tablet was a bit heavy, yet so durable they have been unearthed today intact. The soft clay was pressed into by a scribe who used a stylus typical shapes were triangle shaped at the end and the other end round or elongated. Errors could be easily wiped clear and edited with a soft wet cloth. Once the tablet was sealed by its preparer or signed, it was dried then fired as pottery was. A recorded event, a bill of sale an army captains orders could then be dispatched in a written form. Some tablets have been found to contain more than one persons recorded information almost resembling "scratch" paper notes reused until no space remains or like a card signed by more than one author. This early type of writing practised by the Ancient Sumerians is called cuneiform or impressing onto clay tablets an alphabet as well as numbers or scores to record anything from a simple bill of sale, a record of what was bought or sold, inventories of storehouses and even marriage, dowry, and letters of communication
yes they did.
cuneiform
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.
SUMERIANS!
The Sumerians were the first to use a writing system in history. It was called cuneiform (meaning wedge-shaped signs).
The Sumerians were one of the first civilizations to develop the wheel, which led to technological advances in agriculture and warfare. They also developed one of the world's two oldest writing systems.
cuneiform
Economic receipts and warehouse inventories.
what form of writing did the Sumerians invent
Writing first began in Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE with the development of cuneiform script by the Sumerians. This early form of writing enabled the recording of information on clay tablets.
Cuneiform is the type of earliest writing. The summerians invented it so they are considered the first civilization.