Sumerian language

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AnnunakiHistory on Instagram: “Cuneiform or Sumero-Akkadian #cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is distinguished by its…”

Ancient Sumerian Wisdom

Writing - Sumerian, Cuneiform, Pictographs: The development of cuneiform from pictographs to Assyrian characters.Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of ChicagoThe outline of the development of the Sumerian writing system has been worked out by paleographers. It has long been known that the earliest writing system in the world was Sumerian script, which in its later stages was known as cuneiform. The earliest stages of development are still a matter…

Writing: Mesopotamia (cuneiform) Over 5 thousand years ago, people living in Mesopotamia created a form of writing to record and communicate different types of information. The earliest writing was based in pictograms. Over time the writing changed and the signs developed into a script which was called cuneiform. Cuneiform was used to record many things like trade, astronomy, literature, and daily events. We chose this characteristic for our civilization because the very first writing was…

Sumerian was the first language to be put into writing (ca. 3200–3100 BCE), and it is the language for which the cuneiform script was originally developed. Even after it was supplanted by Akkadian as the primary spoken language in ancient Mesopotamia, Sumerian continued to be used as a scholarly written language until the end of the first millennium BCE. This volume presents the first comprehensive English-language scholarly lexicon of Sumerian.

The ancient civilization of Sumer had thrived in agriculture, trade and industry. It was one of the first civilizations to develop a system of writing. Initially pictographs or icons were used, with one of the earliest dictionaries containing about 2,000 graphic symbols, each one meant to resemble that which it represented. However, as society developed and the need to record complex matters increased, the limitations of pictorial representation became apparent. Gradually people realized…