Writing (Cuneiform)
c. 3200 BC
The first writing system — proto-cuneiform pictographs at Uruk, Mesopotamia. Initially used for grain accounting; the script becomes phonetic over the next 500 years.
Part of First · Watch in the documentary
c. 3200 BC
The first writing system — proto-cuneiform pictographs at Uruk, Mesopotamia. Initially used for grain accounting; the script becomes phonetic over the next 500 years.
Part of First · Watch in the documentary