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evolution of cuneiform
[[Image:Cuneiform.jpg|thumb|300px|A cuneiform tablet]] The Cuneiform is the earliest form of writing. It was invented by the [[Sumer]]ians around 3500 BC. Cuneiforms were made by pressing a sharpened reed into a soft clay tablet to make wedge shaped letters.
[[Image:Cuneiform.jpg|thumb|300px|A cuneiform tablet]] The 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>
== The Evolution of Cuneiform ==
Pictograms were first used by the [[Sumer]]ians around 3500 BC, a direct product of the [[fertile crescent]]. True wedge-shaped Cuneiform symbols were created around 3000 BC. Later the pictograms evolved into ideograms, and finally the modern Sumerian alphabet. <ref>Spodek, Howard. ''The World's History''. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. 55-56.</ref>
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