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explain about the development of writing in Mesopotamia ? answer within 350 words​

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Scholars generally agree that the earliest form of writing appeared almost 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq). Early pictorial signs were gradually substituted by a complex system of characters representing the sounds of Sumerian (the language of Sumer in Southern Mesopotamia) and other languages.

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Nowadays, the fact that you can read and write is taken for granted. In fact, it's not even seen as a major accomplishment. It's something that is part and parcel of life. But a long time ago, this wasn't the case. In fact, it was so rare that if you could read and write you could be set for life. Wouldn't it be nice if life were that easy today? Just learn to read and write and you'll be golden!

Let's go over the ancient Mesopotamian writing system and how it even came into existence in the first place.

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Mesopotamian Writing System

So what was the ancient Mesopotamian writing system? You may have already heard of it. Today, we call it cuneiform, from the Latin for cuneus, which means ''wedge'' and signifying the wedge-like shape of the writing you can see here.

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Hundreds of cuneiform symbols were used to represent words and syllables. The system also had an alphabet so you could spell a word out like we do in English today. However, the writing system was complex and some parts of it are ambiguous. In fact, one symbol could represent everything from a sound or syllable to a concept or object.

And cuneiform was not a distinct writing system, per se. There were probably numerous languages that used this writing system. As a result, many cuneiform inscriptions remain undeciphered to this day.

Development

Ancient Mesopotamians invented writing around the fourth millennium BCE. This was made possible perhaps as a result of numerous.

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