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Detailed explanation-1: -Cuneiform is one of the earliest writing systems that humans ever developed; it may even be the first one ever. Cuneiform writing was originally developed to write ancient Sumerian, but it was later used for Akkadian as well in addition to languages like Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite and Persian.

Detailed explanation-2: -The latest known example of cuneiform is an astronomical text from 75 C.E. During its 3, 000-year history, cuneiform was used to write around 15 different languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Elamite, Hittite, Urartian, and Old Persian.

Detailed explanation-3: -cuneiform, system of writing used in the ancient Middle East.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cuneiform is one of the oldest forms of writing known. It means “wedge-shaped, ‘’ because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet. Letters enclosed in clay envelopes, as well as works of literature, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh have been found.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cuneiform is not a language but a proper way of writing distinct from the alphabet. It doesn’t have ‘letters’ – instead it uses between 600 and 1, 000 characters impressed on clay to spell words by dividing them up into syllables, like ‘ca-at’ for cat, or ‘mu-zi-um’ for museum.