Cuneiform Writing Development
Daniel Glassford
Dr. Boshears
June 25, 2015
Essay Exam One
World Civ I
Why and how was writing developed and spread in the Ancient World? What were the most important examples of this uniquely human endeavor? How did this innovation influence the lives of the peoples of the ancient world and change (History) the course of human history?
PAST TENSE!!
Introduction:
Writing has significantly changed the way humans interact and record stories, events, and share ideas or thoughts. A standardize writing system allowed for accurate data storage and transfer. A true-writing system means that both the encoder and the decoder (writer and reader) know what the characters or symbols mean. Most scholars agree that cuneiform writing system was the earliest form of true-writing. It dates back to 3200 BCE in Mesopotamia and 600 BCE in Mesoamerica.
Development of Writing:
The Mesopotamians are thought of as a earliest pioneers in the art of writing. They created the clay tablets …show more content…
It's not for certain why these changes were made, however, some of these written language characteristic changes carried on for centuries. It wasn't long until the cuneiform writing system became phonetic, what the ability to write out sounds and not just direct object interpretations. This was probably one of the most useful changes to the cuneiform writing system. Now a cuneiform writer could sound out a word in a given language which gave the cuneiform writing language the ability to adapt to different ancient languages. In Mesopotamia the cuneiform writing system was used to encode Akkadian and Sumerian languages. The cuneiform writing system was adapted to several other languages such as Urartian, Elamite, and Hittite. It was at this point that the cuneiform writing system became useful in telling stories and recording
Dr. Boshears
June 25, 2015
Essay Exam One
World Civ I
Why and how was writing developed and spread in the Ancient World? What were the most important examples of this uniquely human endeavor? How did this innovation influence the lives of the peoples of the ancient world and change (History) the course of human history?
PAST TENSE!!
Introduction:
Writing has significantly changed the way humans interact and record stories, events, and share ideas or thoughts. A standardize writing system allowed for accurate data storage and transfer. A true-writing system means that both the encoder and the decoder (writer and reader) know what the characters or symbols mean. Most scholars agree that cuneiform writing system was the earliest form of true-writing. It dates back to 3200 BCE in Mesopotamia and 600 BCE in Mesoamerica.
Development of Writing:
The Mesopotamians are thought of as a earliest pioneers in the art of writing. They created the clay tablets …show more content…
It's not for certain why these changes were made, however, some of these written language characteristic changes carried on for centuries. It wasn't long until the cuneiform writing system became phonetic, what the ability to write out sounds and not just direct object interpretations. This was probably one of the most useful changes to the cuneiform writing system. Now a cuneiform writer could sound out a word in a given language which gave the cuneiform writing language the ability to adapt to different ancient languages. In Mesopotamia the cuneiform writing system was used to encode Akkadian and Sumerian languages. The cuneiform writing system was adapted to several other languages such as Urartian, Elamite, and Hittite. It was at this point that the cuneiform writing system became useful in telling stories and recording