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 originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient Sumerians and Babylonians used triangular stylus to write in soft clay tablets which would be later baked. Romans wrote in wax tablets with styluses which allowed them to erase written text.