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'''Writing''' is a way of putting down information in a text or [[pictorial]] form. Unlike [[speech]] it is a form of [[communication]] that has a continuing nature in that it still exists or can be seen after it is completed.
==History==
The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted chords that conveyed information. Prehistoric writing takes the form of cave art such as found in [[France]]. The cultures that developed in [[Egypt]] and [[Sumeria]] both started with pictorial forms which led to Egyptian [[hieroglyphics]] and Sumerian [[cuneiform]]. The [[Hittites]], Egyptians and Mesotopanians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing. During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semetic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it. The [[Greeks]] and the [[Romans]] both copied these earlier alphabets.
==Sources==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:Communication]]
==History==
The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted chords that conveyed information. Prehistoric writing takes the form of cave art such as found in [[France]]. The cultures that developed in [[Egypt]] and [[Sumeria]] both started with pictorial forms which led to Egyptian [[hieroglyphics]] and Sumerian [[cuneiform]]. The [[Hittites]], Egyptians and Mesotopanians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing. During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semetic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it. The [[Greeks]] and the [[Romans]] both copied these earlier alphabets.
==Sources==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
[[Category:Communication]]