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WORLD HISTORY
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Babylonia, c. 1300 B.C.E.
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East China, c. 2100 B.C.E.
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Egypt, c. 2400 B.C.E.
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Mesopotamia, c. 3500 B.C.E.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest writing we know of dates back to around 3000 B.C.E. and was probably invented by the Sumerians, living in major cities with centralized economies in what is now southern Iraq.
Detailed explanation-2: -First developed around 3200 B.C. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk, in present-day Iraq, as a means of recording transactions, cuneiform writing was created by using a reed stylus to make wedge-shaped indentations in clay tablets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500 BCE.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3400 BC. Distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is the oldest form of writing in the world, first appearing even earlier than Egyptian hieroglyphics.