Writing by https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv The greatest invention in history. en-us 2018-05-16 22:32:28 UTC 2025-12-16 12:42:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png The History elabuelojuan https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261400814  The history of writing traces the development of expressing language by letters or other marks and also the studies and descriptions of these developments. ]]> 2018-05-16 22:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261400814 Writing Systems elabuelojuan https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261401043 Symbolic communication systems are distinguished from writing systems in that one must usually understand something of the associated spoken language to comprehend the text. In contrast, symbolic systems, such as information signs, painting, maps, and mathematics, often do not require prior knowledge of a spoken language. ]]> 2018-05-16 22:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261401043 Proto-writing elabuelojuan https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261401610  The first writing systems of the Early Bronze Age were not a sudden invention. Rather, they were a development based on earlier traditions of symbol systems that cannot be classified as proper writing but have many of the characteristics of writing. ]]> 2018-05-16 22:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261401610 Locations and Timeframes elabuelojuan https://padlet.com/elabuelojuan/2s99561x9tnv/wish/261401816 Cuneiform script, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Elamite script, 
Indus script, Early Semitic alphabets, Anatolian hieroglyphs, Chinese writing and Cretan and Greek scripts.
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