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In Ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), The Cuneiform was developed. This system used wedge shaped marks pressed into clay tablets and is the earliest form of written word. -
In Egypt, they utilized hieroglyphs with more than 1000 characters, which were typically used for record keeping, religious texts, and monumental inscriptions. -
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The Indus valley developed their own writing system however to this day it remains undeciphered -
Many modern day alphabets emerged from the Phoenician alphabet, which served as a foundation -
The Greek alphabet, including individual letters and vowels, was developed. -
The Latin alphabet, which came from the Greek alphabet, was used throughout the Roman Empire -
Paper was invented in China, which was a major turning point for writing materials -
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Johannes Gutenberg develops the printing press, which began production of books and newspapers -
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The typewriter was invented, which moved along the writing process -
Early computers didn't have amazing texting abilities but set a bar with basic ability to produce text -
The first email was sent, which was the beginning of digital communication -
Microsoft Word eventually became one of the biggest global word processors -
The release of Facebook stemmed the creation of many other user interactive social media platforms for communication. -
Snapchat released and very quickly became one of the most popular social communication apps, and still holds up to that to this day. -
In my opinion, I believe in the next 20-30 years, handwritten items will begin to disappear and everything will become digital or run by AI programs.
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Besserat, D. (n.d.). Denise Schmandt-Besserat. Denise SchmandtBesserat. https://sites.utexas.edu/dsb/tokens/the-evolution-of-writing/#:~:text=Writing%20%E2%80%93%20a%20system%20of%20graphic,3200%20BC%2C%20was%20first.
Mancini, A. (n.d.). Writing: History timeline. History Timelines. https://historytimelines.co/timeline/writing