The history of writing

the start of writing

3500 BCE

This early writing was called cuneiform and consisted of making specific marks in wet clay with a reed implement.

writing in the Middle ages

3499 BCE

We think that humans had developed a language. There is evidence in caves painting with appear to express concepts concerning daily life.

The invention of writing

3200 BCE

The Sumerians first invented writing as a means of long-distance communication which was necessitated by trade. The earliest form of writing was pictographs – symbols which represented objects – and served to aid in remembering such things as which parcels of grain had gone to which destination.