'''Cuneiform''' is the earliest form of [[writing]]. Cuneiforms were made by pressing a sharpened [[reed]] into a soft clay tablet to make wedge shaped letters. Cuneiform comes from the [[Latin]] word ''cuneus'', meaning wedge. <ref>Spodek, Howard. ''The World's History''. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. 56.</ref>
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'''Cuneiform''' is the earliest known form of [[writing]]. Cuneiforms were made by pressing a sharpened [[reed]] into a soft clay tablet to make wedge shaped letters. Cuneiform comes from the [[Latin]] word ''cuneus'', meaning wedge. <ref>Spodek, Howard. ''The World's History''. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. 56.</ref>