Letters

History of Letters

By MJ1002
  • 600 BCE

    Change of utensil

    Change of utensil
    More changing pens, for example in the fifth century people used goose pens.
  • 575 BCE

    Libraries

    Libraries
    Egyptians made the ancient libraries of Alexandria. The Roman emperor Claudius made a new type of cross-layered paper that wasn’t damaged by reed. Reed was what they used as a pencil when writing these letters.
  • 550 BCE

    What was used for writing

    What was used for writing
    Humans started to discover that the leaves of plants and the bark of trees had advanced the use of writing. They claimed the Linden tree (heart-shaped leaves) was perfect. They also like the fact that the bark would be able to fold.
  • 500 BCE

    First letter written

    First letter written
    Letters became a thing in Persia, written by Persian Queen Atossa according to the ancient Hellanicus.

  • Structure of sentence

    Structure of sentence
    People started to figure out the construction of a sentence.

  • Transportation

    Transportation
    Letter transportation, a horse writer delivered Letters. The person who received the letter had to pay for the letter which depended on the number of pages and how much it traveled.

  • Postal Services

    Postal Services
    The postal services in Great Britain introduced the first stamp nationwide. Other countries soon copied this later.

  • Stamps

    Stamps
    Postal stamps were updated, United States introduced a limited postal service in August 1842 followed by a uniform 5 cents charge.

  • Utensil update

    Utensil update
    People write letters on paper with either a pencil or a pen.