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Surface of Writting
Most writting (scribes) before 2500 B.C.was on rock, clay or dried palm leaves. -
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Papyrus
In the year 2500 B.C. the Egyptians found a simpler writting surface, the papyrus plant. -
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The Start of Letters
Soon after people started giving other people papyrus with writing on it. They started letters! -
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Writting Words
The start of writting words began in 4th millennum B.C. -
Sep 18, 1200
The Piece of Paper
The first paper was made almost 2 tousand yerars ago, by the Chinese. The Chinese kept it a secret from the rest of the world using papyrus. Until it was brought to the 8th century, by 1150 paper was a common use in Europe. -
Sep 18, 1400
Scroll
The first scroll was made by a Roman emperor. -
Sep 18, 1400
Pencils
In the 14th century pencils became a common writting tool. -
Sep 18, 1400
The start of the Postal Serice.
The Roman emperor Trajan, commanded the positus to deliver important papers . This is where the word post it comes from. -
The first Postal Service
In 1840 Great Britain made the first prepaid stam nationwide, postal service. Soon after other countries had similar systems. -
United States Postal Service
The United States introduced a limited postal servie in August 1842. -
Email
Email was invited in the late 1970's and it became part of people everyday lives in the 1990's. -
Today
People send emails because its faster than writing letters, but people still send letters a lot. -
Future
I think people will still write letters and thier still be postal services.
