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==History==
==History==
:''For more information, see [[History of Writing]].''
The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted cords that conveyed information. Prehistoric writing took 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 Mesopotamians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing. During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semitic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it. The [[Greeks]] and the [[Roman]]s both copied these earlier alphabets.
The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted cords that conveyed information. Prehistoric writing took 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 Mesopotamians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing. During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semitic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it. The [[Greeks]] and the [[Roman]]s both copied these earlier alphabets.