jan 1, 2400 BC - Clay tablets in Mesopotamia (2400 BC)
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In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age.☞ The first time I’ve encountered clay tablets was at 2015 in a museum in California.
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jan 1, 2400 BC
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~ 4428 years ago