Sumerians develop first written script

Return back

Category

Invention

Place

Mesopotamia

Date

-3300

Reference

Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia

"The first true written script is developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia. Writing with a reed stylus creates a wedge-shaped impression on tablets of wet clay, which then dry hard." [Smithsonian, p. 28]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner

Begin

End