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Linguistic Discovery
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Exploring the science and diversity of language! 🗣️ Run by Danny Hieber, Ph.D. (@dwhieb, /ˈdæn.jəl ˈhi.bɚ/)

Dec 26, 2024, 13 tweets

How was writing invented? And why?

Here’s the story of how the growing trade networks and complex administration of the earliest civilization evolved into the world’s first writing system. 🧵 1/13

#Sumerian #cuneiform #Babylonian #Mesopotamia #counting #numbers #numerals #archaeology #trade #history #linguistics #writing #language

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