The earliest writing
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | The earliest writing - Writing Systems |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Geoffrey Sampson; University of South Africa; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | linguistics; communication studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | writing systems; written languages; cultural technologies; Sumerian writing |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Writing systems, alphabets (CFLA) |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter examines the development of one early writing system, the Sumerian system, whose later stages were known as "Cuneiform" and which appears to be the oldest writing system in the world. The chapter also introduces ideas that will be examined in subsequent chapters particularly concerning how and why writing systems arise. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 30-Jan-2015 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/22698 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.22698 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Writing Systems |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
Ancient Sumer, historical |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |