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How Writing Has Evolved Over Time

  • Cave Paintings
    40,000 BCE

    Cave Paintings

    The first evidence of writing is Cave paintings. They usually only depicted daily life things. Things such as hunting, and fighting. Its considered writing over art because the paintings instead of just showing a picture, they tell a story.
  • Cuneiform Writing
    3500 BCE

    Cuneiform Writing

    Cuneiform writing was developed in ancient Mesopotamia. They would get clay tablets and imprint their writing on the tablets.
  • Pictographs
    3200 BCE

    Pictographs

    The people of Mesopotamia would use the cuneiform language to make pictographs. they would use it to see how much crop they had in storage, or to see how many sheep they needed for sacrifice, etc.
  • Epic of gilgamesh
    2150 BCE

    Epic of gilgamesh

    One of them most important and symbolic pieces of writing in history. The epic of Gilgamesh is considered to be the first masterpiece of writing. the story tells of Gilgamesh, a man out to find the meaning of life.
  • Phoenetic Writing Systems
    1500 BCE

    Phoenetic Writing Systems

    The Greeks and Romans developed there language through the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians were considered the middle men of the ancient world. They influenced other cultures to develop the same way that they did. for example the Phoenicians language had sounds to go with there letters. The Greeks used this idea and developed it to the still used Alpha, Beta, Theta etc. (still used in the air force, navy etc.)
  • Chinese Writing
    1200 BCE

    Chinese Writing

    The Chinese are thought to have developed there own language independently. They would use oracle bones, It first started with how a Diviner interpreted the weather. He would write if it would rain or not. The symbols that he wrote down would later evolve into the Chinese script.
  • Latin Script
    700 BCE

    Latin Script

    The Latin script was developed from the Latin's/Romans. It started with the Phoenicians giving letters sounds. The Romans/Latin's took the idea of the Phoenicians and added on to it. Throughout history it has been an important foundation for many languages. As it lays the foundation for modern western language.