Green Planet Project using science and technology

“CUNEIFORM”

Through this process writing was becoming disentangled from direct depiction. More complicated number systems began to develop. The pictographic symbols were refined into the writing system known as cuneiform. The English word cuneiform comes from the Latin cuneus, meaning “wedge.” Using cuneiform, written symbols could be quickly made by highly trained scribes through the skillful use of the wedge-like end of a reed stylus. Eventually, writing became phonetic as well as representational. Once the writing system had moved from being pictographic to phonetic writing could communicate abstractions more effectively: names, words, and ideas. With cuneiform, writers could tell stories, relate histories, and support the rule of kings. Cuneiform was used to record literature such as the Epic of Gilgamesh the oldest epic still known. Furthermore, cuneiform was used to communicate and formalize legal systems, most famously Hammurabi’s Code. 📜

In my own perspective, the most important Sumerian technology that they started is the Cuneiform. Because it is where they keep records of things with great historical value or their everyday life. And it is very sentimental because they are writing their day to day routines so that they will not forget. And one thing, the importance of cuneiform is still unfolding today, with new translations being created and new theories about the past formed, using cuneiform as an essential piece of evidence. Ultimately, it was completely replaced by alphabetic writing in the course of the Roman era, and there are no cuneiform systems in current use.📝

(STS)