Language:Their language therefore became the first to be written down in world history.
The first script to be used was based on pictures, and is therefore known as “pictographic”.
Later on,they became more “phonetic” – that is, reflecting spoken words. Finally, around 2500 BCE, the script had evolved into “cuneiform” – or wedge-shaped – writing. This was written by means of triangular-tipped stylus tools being pressed onto wet clay, and the symbols
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