Cuneiform Writing

From: Al Bawaba | Date: June 10, 2007 | Copyright information

The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of writting. Cuneiform was created by the Sumerians around 3000 BC.

Cuneiform writing began as a system of pictographs. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more ...

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