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Sumerians invented pictographic, in Mesopotamia. They used pictures to represent words. They wrote on papyrus.
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Hieroglyphics were used by Ancient Egyptians. Each symbol represented words, syllables or sounds. They wrote on papyrus.
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Envolved in Syria. Each symbol represented a sound. This is the basis of our present-day alphabet.
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Paper was invented by Chinese. They used brushes made of hair to write in ink.
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It was a long roll paper made by using wooden blocks covered with ink. It was made in China.
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The first printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It could print about 16 pages every hour.
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They were first printed in Europe. A newspaper is a periodical publication about current events.
Typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
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A fountain pen is a nib (stylus) pen that, unlike its predecessor, the dip pen, contains an internal reservoir of liquid ink. Allowed it to be held upside-down without leaking.
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It was invented by László József Bíró, in 1940. The material (metal) was steel. It is now the world's most-used writing instrument; millions are manufactured and sold daily.
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It was invented in the 1960s by Lee Newman. It was a pen which had its own ink source. There were lots of types of this pen: permanent marker, highlighters, whiteboard markers, security marker, election marker and porous point pen.
