WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest known writing was invented there around 3400 B.C. in an area called Sumer near the Persian Gulf. The development of a Sumerian script was influenced by local materials: clay for tablets and reeds for styluses (writing tools).

Detailed explanation-2: -Cuneiform was an ancient writing system developed between 3500 and 3000 BCE. It was used for keeping track of transactions, though it later became the writing system of ancient Sumerian literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Written language, however, does not emerge until its invention in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, c. 3500-3000 BCE. This early writing was called cuneiform and consisted of making specific marks in wet clay with a reed implement.