Behold the Oldest Written Text in the World: The Kish Tablet, Circa 3500 BC
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from Open Culture3 months ago
The written Chinese language is often called ideographic, as its symbols represent ideas or concepts. However, most Chinese characters are logographs representing words or parts of words.
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All written languages began as forms of pictographic 'proto-writing,' with some early texts like the Kish tablet showing symbols that can still be interpreted today.
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The Kish tablet, unearthed from an ancient Sumerian city, features purely pictographic writing, marking a crucial development stage between proto-writing and more sophisticated writing like cuneiform.
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Cuneiform was utilized by the ancient Babylonians for various purposes, such as mapping geography and documenting recipes, illustrating the evolution of written communication.
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