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Originally Posted by Paula62  What I've never understood is the lack of rudimentary writing examples. I'm not talking about the precursors to alphabetic writings, but a rudimentary beginning alpahbet system. It seems as if there was not written language, and then there was all of it. We don't seem to have examples of the equivalent of a five year olds notes.
Or have I missed that somewhere?  |
The beginnings of writing were things like keeping track of items sold or traded. Higher thought processes were there before writing was developed; therefore, the writing would have been organized, even if it wasn’t complicated. In other words, the thought(s) behind the writing were complex even if the writing itself was not (yet).
While we don’t know everything about how writing began, we do know quite a bit. Cuneiform is earliest known form of writing; so maybe looking into its origins will answer your questions.