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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. [1]
The Evolution of Cuneiform
Pictograms were first used by the Sumerians 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. [2]