2006-07-19 03:00:55 · 25 answers · asked by ma8688 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Sumerians (Cuneiform), as well as the Akkadian, Hurrian, Hittite - 29th century BC
Egyptians (Hieroglyphics) - 3200 B.C., but there have been discoveries with an older date
Minoans (Linear A) - 2600 B.C.
China (Chinese) - 1500 B.C.
Mycenaean (Linear B) - 1400 B.C.
Phoenician (Phoenician script) - 11th c. B.C.
Greece (Greek) - 9th c. B.C. (but, Greek is a modification of the Phoenician alphabet)
Mayans (Maya script/Maya hieroglyphs) - 3rd c. BC
2006-07-20 09:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by Hidden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This depends upon which side you take in which theory you take, about the origin and development of writing systems.
The main contenders for the first writing system are:
* Vinca: 4500 BCE
* Chinese: 6800 BCE
* Indus Valley: 3500 BCE
Some scholars don't accept the examples from those civilizations as being writing systems.
The next set of contendars are:
* Proto-Hieroglyphcs: 3500 BCE
* Proto-Summarian: 3500 BCE
* Summarian: 2500 BCE
* China: 2000 BCE
* Hieroglyphics: 2000 BCE
Proto-hieroglyphics influenced hieroglyphics.
Proto=Summarian influenced Summrian.
The Chinese ( 6800 BCE) influenced the Chinese (2000 BCE)
and finally:
* Mayan: 300 BCE
And that pretty sums up when the original writing systems were created. Every other known writing system can be traced back to one of those.
2006-07-20 17:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by jblake80856 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many ancient civilizations developed a writing system. But all of these were pictographic systems. The alphabetic system, in which each symbol represents a sound, was invented just once: In ancient Phoenicia. Everybody else's alphabet is an adapted form of the original.
2006-07-19 10:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by kreevich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition, every civilization.
In order to be considered a civilization there are several requirements.
One of which is having a written history. So every major civilization has has a written system.
As to which ines developed independantly, those would be the first few in each area.
2006-07-19 11:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by urbanbulldogge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Totally original writing forms , from the most ancient.
Sumerians (present iraq) the cuneiform writing
Chineses
Egyptians
Greeks (intented as the whole mediteranneas sea coast)
Precolombian civilizations, mayan and aztecs
2006-07-20 11:33:55 · answer #5 · answered by yukasdog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Piglatinos developed Pig-Latin.
2006-07-19 10:02:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese
The Egyptians
The Sumerians
The Greeks
The Romans
The Hebrews...
Take your pick.
2006-07-19 10:23:07 · answer #7 · answered by alloy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sumerians (from Sumeria) developed "cuniform" - a system of lines pressed into clay. This was the first 'modern' writing
2006-07-19 11:05:01 · answer #8 · answered by Nadira V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ancient Incas created their own language,and writings. I believe the Mayans did as well. Plus the Egyptians had the hyrogliphics.
2006-07-19 10:07:18 · answer #9 · answered by wolfy1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moon is correct - it is the Sumerians with their cuniforms.
Quite a developed civilization.
2006-07-19 10:07:57 · answer #10 · answered by Applecore782 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋