History of written communication

  • 3000 BC
    3000 BCE

    3000 BC

    Sumerians invented writing on clay tablets.
  • 2000-2500 BC
    2000 BCE

    2000-2500 BC

    Egyptians invented hieroglyphics and papyrus. Strips of reed were overlaid and dried to form sheets on which the hieroglyphs were painted.

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