The First Writing
The Ancients
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What's the Prototyping of Cuneiform Writing?
Paul: I don't think we can call it writing per se in the sense say of Sumerian cuneiform because as far as we can tell it's very restricted and it wasn't used to represent words so it was used to represent concepts. We've called it proto writing because it does behave or it does look very similar to the Sumerian precursor to cuneiform writing a pictographic writing, he says. Paul: It is an incredible breakthrough by you and your colleagues and it's such a privilege to be able to interview about it. there you go well time is running out I'm sure I can ask so many more questions but the last last big one therefore you have
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