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ime line of the history and development of alphabets, writing, and libraries
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Hieroglyphic script developed in Egypt.
Earliest seen writing of alphabet we know today
Minor Changes To Alphabet
Letters Given Sound
Alphabet replaces Cuneiform
Invention of writing in Sumer at Uruk.
Beginning of literature in Sumerian.
FIrst Known Private Library
Gutenberg produced a Bible
The Library of Congress, first established
First university Library at Harvard
Papyrus Invited and used for writing instead of clay
Paper invented in China
FIrst Story ever written (The Epic of Gilgamesh)
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