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Dec 18, 2015 · Science. Map of how the world's first major written languages spread. Alex Kuzoian. Dec 18, 2015. The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically...
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Apr 8, 2024 · Through those intricate methods of study, Nichols found significant evidence that the first languages of North America can be traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia.
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Writing in China developed from divination rites using oracle bones c. 1200 BCE and appears to also have arisen independently as there is no evidence of cultural transference at this time between China and Mesopotamia. The ancient Chinese practice of divination involved etching marks on bones or shells which were then heated until they cracked. The...
The Sumerians first invented writing as a means of long-distance communication which was necessitated by trade. With the rise of the citiesin Mesopotamia, and the need for resources which were lacking in the region, long-distance trade developed and, with it, the need to be able to communicate across the expanses between cities or regions. The earl...
This new means of communication allowed scribes to record the events of their times as well as their religious beliefs and, in time, to create an art form which was not possible before the written word: literature. The first writer in history known by name is the Mesopotamian priestess Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE), daughter of Sargon of Akkad, who wr...
The role of the poet in preserving heroic legends would become an important one in cultures throughout the ancient world. The Mesopotamian scribe Shin-Legi-Unninni (wrote 1300-1000 BCE) would help preserve and transmit The Epic of Gilgamesh. Homer (c. 800 BCE) would do the same for the Greeks and Virgil (70-19 BCE) for the Romans. The Indian epic M...
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May 3, 2024 · Indigenous people entered North America at least four times between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago, bringing their languages with them, a new linguistic model indicates.
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Oct 20, 2015 · Most agree that cuneiform began as proto-writing--like African drumming and Incan quipa – and evolved into the first full-fledged writing system, with signs corresponding to speech. The...
Apr 9, 2024 · For this new study, Nichols used statistical techniques she developed to trace language lineage back to the earliest inhabitants of North America, going back 24,000 years. Nichols' techniques ...
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Sumer, located in southern Mesopotamia, is believed to be where written language was first invented. The Kish tablet, bearing what is possibly the earliest known writing – Sumer ( c. 3500 BCE ), from the Ashmolean Museum.
