The Origins Of Writing

The first recorded history of writing tablets comes from Sumer in 3100 BC. The chief of the temple called the 'sangu' (accountant) was responsible for noting animals and other goods to tally the temple's wealth. The images of these goods were simply drawn on lumps of wet clay and lines drawn in accordance with the number of each, allowed to dry in the sun and became a permanent tablet.

The History Of Writing Implements

The history of writing implements begins with the cave man scribbling pictorial images depicting daily rituals of hunting or planting crops into the walls, creating cave paintings seen in places such as Lascaux dating back to 25,000 BC. Record keeping advanced with the advent of symbols that were recognized as having meaning. Clay made communication portable and in 8,500 BC, the first merchants employed clay tokens with pictographs to keep track of what was shipped and traded. Pictographs gave way to representational figures, becoming the first alphabet in 1700 BC in Sinai. Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets originated in 600 BC. The Greek alphabet, the first alphabet to be written left to right was created in 400 BC. These writing systems began in all uppercase letters and as writing instruments became refined, lowercase letters appeared in 600 AD by the Celtic monks.

Handwriting Becomes Print

20th century letters and handwriting styles derive from the last centuries of the Roman Empire. In 100 AD, members of the Roman battalion inscribed Latin messages on Hadrian's Wall.

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