Development of Cuneiform Writing in Uruk

3400 BCE · Uruk, Mezopotamya · invention

The Uruk IVa tablets: they evolved from numerical records to pictographic writing, then to cuneiform.

In the first stage there were approximately 1,500 different signs. Their purpose was the accounting of the temple economy. More than 5,000 archaic tablets found in the Eanna Temple.

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What was Development of Cuneiform Writing in Uruk?
The Uruk IVa tablets: they evolved from numerical records to pictographic writing, then to cuneiform.
When did Development of Cuneiform Writing in Uruk happen?
3400 BCE
Where did Development of Cuneiform Writing in Uruk take place?
Uruk, Mezopotamya