Why is Cuneiform important?
Cuneiform is a really important writing system. It was developed around 3000 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia by the Sumerians. Cuneiform actually means “wedge-shaped”. It uses a reed stylus that make wedge impressions on clay tablets, which soon became indestructible. It also contained pictures which eventually made it a phonetic system with abstract ideas. Cuneiform also helped keep records of inventory (food farmers had, etc.), was used in schools, and made communication a lot easier.
