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by galaxyLogic 253 days ago
And it would seem safe to assume that cuneiform developed from something else
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mcphage 253 days ago
We have examples of cuneiform as it developed from pre-writing symbols, so that’s not necessarily the case.
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bigstrat2003 253 days ago
Not necessarily. Logically, there must have been a first writing system (even if cuneiform wasn't it), so you can't show cuneiform wasn't the first on the basis of "something must have come before it".
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