Sumerians: The Beginning of Inventions… continued from last week.
September 29th, 2008 by admin
Developing a writing system is perhaps the most significant of Sumerian inventions. It helped the Sumerians to communicate, contribute to literature and in book keeping. Cuneiform was the first form of writing developed by the Sumerians around 3200 BC. Clay tablets were used as paper and a stylus like implement was used to draw wedge – shaped characters. These clay tablets were then baked for preservation. For several decades after that Cuneiform was the method of written communication despite the fact that there were almost 500 characters to master in order to be able to communicate effectively.
The oldest known literary work, The Epic of Gilgamesh, is a collection of stories about a Sumerian hero which was the foundation for poetry and prose writing development. The Odyssey and the Iliad among others were based on this collection.
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