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3400 BCE
Mesopotamia Symbols
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Period: 3400 BCE to 3100 BCE
Mesopotamian Symbols
One of the earliest known languages to be written down, this was more likely used as a way to keep track of commerce and trade, rather than used for depicting stories or sharing information. The symbols usually represent the exact word, animal, or feeling it is being written down as. This is where we got the Epic of Gilgamesh. -
3250 BCE
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
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Period: 3250 BCE to 750 BCE
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were used as a way to communicate with writing shown as images. This made it a lot easier for trade, and history telling to be written down. -
Period: 1450 BCE to 1200 BCE
Chinese Oracle Bones
These Ox shoulder bones were most commonly used in ancient Chinese culture for divination ceremonies. -
1350 BCE
Oracle Bones
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1200 BCE
Iron Age Writing Symbols
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Period: 1200 BCE to 1050 BCE
Iron Age Writing
The Phoenician alphabet gave way to the Greek and Aramaic languages, these symbols were complex and could represent vowels and letters. Lots of scrolls and parchment were used in the Iron Age of writing -
400 BCE
Mayan Writing Style
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Period: 400 BCE to
Southern Mexican and Guatemalan Writing
Closely related to hieroglyphs, Mesoamerica writing styles started formation independently in 500 BC. From a single found inscription, around 15 different writing styles were found and discovered. -
500
Middle Age Writing Style
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Period: 500 to 1400
Middle Age Writing
The main language, Latin, was seeing a sharp decline in use after the fall of Roman authority in Western Europe. Other languages being used instead of Latin formed ways of writing cursive, this made it easier to write faster and not tire out your hands as much. -
1400
Renaissance Writing
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Period: 1400 to
Renaissance Era Writing
The rebirth of western Europe or the Renaissance came with a boom in the use of Latin, and Greek languages. Lots of new way of writing became very popular, more poetic and theatrical ways of writing showed up. Shakespeare was very very popular at this point in time. -
Modern Era Writing
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Period: to
Modern Era of Writing
In the last 100 years alone there have been many great strides in writing technology. The pen and the printing press, typewriters. Even newer technology like computers and smartphone have made it even easier to write everything down. We don't have to use the primitive stone and wet clay method anymore.