Cuneiform script

The Cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. Created by the Sumerians in the late 4th millennium BC, cuneiform writing began as a system of pictographs. Over time, the pictorial representations became simplified and more abstract.

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Written expression - Sumer - 4th millennium BC - Pictographs

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The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the Akkadian, Elamite, Hittite and Luwian languages, and it inspired the Old Persian and Ugaritic national alphabets.

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Akkadian - Elamite - Hittite - Luwian - Old Persian - Ugaritic

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