WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest type of Semitic cuneiform in Mesopotamia is called the Old Akkadian, seen for example in the inscriptions of the ruler Sargon of Akkad (died c. 2279 bce).

Detailed explanation-2: -The symbols of which cuneiform consisted were originally created to represent syllables in the ancient Sumerian language. Although Sumerian was later displaced by Akkadian, the cuneiform system of writing persisted.

Detailed explanation-3: -To create cuneiform symbols and letters, writers would use a stylus to press wedge-shaped symbols into soft clay tablets. These shapes represented various “word-signs, ‘’ also known as pictographs, and, later, “word-concepts, ‘’ the closest approximation to modern-day words.