3,200 BCE
Communication
Sumer
Cuneiform writing
Sumerian scribes press wedge marks into clay to record grain, debt and law.
Why it mattered
Memory became external and permanent; history itself begins here.
Bronze Age
1 recorded milestone at this point in the record.
Sumerian scribes press wedge marks into clay to record grain, debt and law.
Why it mattered
Memory became external and permanent; history itself begins here.
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