The history of writing

The first writing text dates from 6000 BC and is called Dispilio Tablet.

The Mesopotamian people in 4000 BC wrote in cuneiform writing. They wrote with a triangular-shaped tool. The mesopotamian language was the Akkadian, so they wrote in Akkadian, but in Mesopotamian a lot of cultures lived, like Hurrians and Hittites, but the official texts, were written in Akkadian.

In the 2000 BC in Greek islands, three types of writing were created the oldest one is Cretan Hieroglyphic, which was created in Crete and it was  used between 1625-1500 BC. The second oldest one is Linear A, which was created in Kea, Kythera, Melos, Thera and Laconia, and it was used between 1450 BC and 18 century. The “newest” one is called Linear B and it was created in Knossos,Pylos, Mycenae, Thebes, Tiryns, and it was used between 1375-1200 BC.

In Egypt, is the earliest hieroglyphic in the world, the hieroglyphic script was  included an effective alphabet. The oldest alphabet was found in Sinai desert and it was written on a tortoise shell, it has around of 30 inscriptions.

I chose the theme of “The history of the writing” because it´s interesting, to know how 5000 years ago people wrote and communicated.

-Which type of writing is more similar to ours( Our type of writing is the Arabic)?

                         Types of writing in Greece

Cretan hieroglyphic	In Crete	Between 1625 and 1500 BC
Linear A	In Kea, Kythera, Melos, Thera and Laconia.	Between 1450 BC and 18 century.
Linear B	In Knossos, Pylos, Mycenae, Thebes and Tiryns.	Between 1350 and 1200 BC