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Five hundred years later around 3000 BC, the Ancient Egyptians used symbols called hieroglyphics. Each symbol represented words, syllables or sounds. The Egyptians wrote on papyrus.
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Nowadays, printing is done digitally. In fact, much of what we write (and read) is now produced electronically and the use of paper and ink is decreasing.
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fibre tip pen was invented in the 1960s.
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The modern biro was invented in 1940 by Georg Biró
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In Europe, quills (feathers) were used until fountain pens were invented in the 1800s
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Newspapers were first printed in Europe in the early 1600s.
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Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg built the first printing press. It could print about 16 pages every hour.
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The first printed book is thought to have been made in China in AD 868. It was a long roll of paper made by using wooden blocks covered with ink, which were pressed onto the paper.
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The first printed book is thought to have been made in China in AD 868. It was a long roll of paper made by using wooden blocks covered with ink, which were pressed onto the paper.
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The first true alphabet evolved in Syria around 1300 BC. Each symbol or letter represented a sound. Letters could be put together to form a complete word. This is the basis of our present-day alphabet.
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Around 3500 BC, the Sumerians, an ancient people living in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), were the first people to write down their language. Their writing is known as pictographic because it used pictures to represent words. They wrote on clay tablets.
