When did writing develop? The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about 3300 BC. In time different-looking writing appeared in the river valleys of Egypt ...

Steppingstone Towers. The Sumerians introduced writing, and under their rule the arts flourished. Their temples—dedicated to such gods as to Innin, the goddess of fertility, or to Dumuzi ...

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Sumerian was a non-Semitic language which is now extinct. This tablet has writing on both sides detailing how Enlil-izu and Ahi-Sin gave a temple a number of animals to cover 4 months dues.