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.
Economic receipts and warehouse inventories.
cuneiform
The first form of writing created by the Sumerians is known as cuneiform, which emerged around 3200 BCE. They developed this system primarily for record-keeping purposes, such as documenting transactions, trade, and administrative activities. Cuneiform involved pressing a stylus into soft clay tablets, allowing for efficient communication and the management of increasingly complex societies. This innovation laid the foundation for written language and subsequent literary traditions.
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.
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.
Economic receipts and warehouse inventories.
cuneiform
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.