jan 1, 2400 BC - Clay Tablets In Mesopotamia
Description:
In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian ṭuppu) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 2400 BC
Now
~ 4429 years ago