Question

Explain the development of writing in Sumer, from pictographs to cuneiform.

Answer 1

The ancient Sumerians developed a written language called cuneiform. It began as pictographs, pictures of things that acted as words. Pictographs worked, but hey were rather cumbersome. Soon, the clever ancient Sumerians started to use wedge-shaped symbols for objects and ideas instead of pictures.

Answer 2

Pictograms were used to communicate basic information about crops and taxes. Over time, the need for writing changed and the signs developed into a script we call cuneiform. Over thousands of years, Mesopotamian scribes recorded daily events, trade, astronomy, and literature on clay tablets.

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