The Evolution Of Writing (8000 B.C to 2017)

From a prehistoric counting system to the first modern-day alphabet, this video covers the advancement of the writing system and how it greatly changed the ancient world. Minds: Facebook: Twitter: Vidme: : “Writing; a way to communicate without the need of a one on one conversation, it is a system of visual marks that represent units of a particular language. Writing has been invented independently of each other in the Near East, China, and Mesoamerica. We have the cuneiform script that was created in Mesopotamia, known as modern day Iraq in 3200 BC. It was the first; in fact, it is the only writing system that can be traced back to its initial prehistoric origin.“ Sources: