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The Invention of writing👁️Kinda cool
At one time we only spoke.But then we wrote and could save our ideas.
✒️As writers, I thought that this was pretty cool, so I decided to share it with every one of you guys.
WRITTEN IN STONE — Literally!
We didn’t have paper, pencils, or pens.
This is one of the examples first of writing recorded. They used pictures to symbolize words.
For example, the word idea could be a picture of an eye and a dear. 👁️🦌
The above photo is from 3200 BC and is from Ancient Mesopotamia.
So the first Visible Language — The Inventions of Writing came from Ancient Middle East.
These writings were called cuneiform (Latin for “wedge-shaped”) and they were baked clay or mud tablets that range in color from bone white to chocolate to charcoal.
These inscriptions were also made on pots and bricks.
Each cuneiform sign consists of one or more wedge-shaped impressions that are made with three basic marks: a triangle, a line, or curbed lines made…
