In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE. Developed by the ...

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive ...

The oldest known true writing system is cuneiform, invented around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. It was preceded by a simpler system called proto-cuneiform, which was in use from 3350 to 3000 BC.

The earliest known writing system is thought to be Sumerian cuneiform ... To find out, experts studied seals from Uruk, one of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia, which was a centre of immense ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a ...

The earliest known writing system is thought to be Sumerian cuneiform ... nets and vessels found on cylinder seals in Mesopotamia, dating from 4400BC, have been found to align with proto-cuneiform ...

As one of the first cities to rise in Mesopotamia, Uruk became a hub ... the first iteration of a writing system comprising hundreds of pictographic signs. “Like cylinder seals, proto-cuneiform ...