Evaluation:
Published: 13.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'The history of writing', 1.
Extract

The development of writing has been very important for thousands of years. Writing was first developed by the Sumerians. They called it cuneiform. This system has changed greatly over the centuries, from cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and many more. Now we use the modern alphabet. Without this our civilizations as people, an education system, and church may not have thrived.
We should not take the written language for granted, without it our past history would have been lost. We would have never know of the Holy Bible, the Holocaust, or be able to learn of our own genealogy. The…

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