CIVILIZATION
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Cuneiform is:
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The world’s first writing system
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The world’s first form of cunei
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The world’s first writing sytm
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The world’s first writing time period
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form its signs. Cuneiform was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system.
Detailed explanation-2: -That writing system, invented by the Sumerians, emerged in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the early tablets come from the site of Uruk, in southern Mesopotamia, and it may have been here that this form of writing was invented. These texts were drawn on damp clay tablets using a pointed tool.
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