define the term "cuneiform" with its main features
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Cuneiform is the oldest form of writing system known to man. It was pictographic in nature and not alphabetic like later scripts. A lot of pictures and symbols were used to represent various trades and livelihood of the people of that time.
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Cuneiform: It is the oldest form of writing system known to man.
Main features:
☆Cuneiform was one of the earliest system of writing.
☆It was invented by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia.
☆It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus.
☆The term 'cuneiform' comes from cuneus, Latin for 'wedge'.
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