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apr 23, 3500 BC - first written language

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First written language was developed around 3200 B.C.E. by Sumerian scribes in the ancient city-state of Uruk. Cuneiform writing was created by using a reed stylus, to make wedge-shaped indentations in clay tablets.

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apr 23, 3500 BC
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~ 5529 years ago

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