who invented writting? and how was writting was invented?

Answer 1

I don't know where the 'cowboy' got his info, but it's mistaken. Chinese writing comes after the Near Eastern scripts. Writing was developed first by the Sumerians and Egyptians independently of one another in the 4th millennium BC.

Many scholars claim cuneiform (Sumerian) came before hieroglyphs (Egyptian) by a few centuries, but recent archaeological finds of Gerzean pottery in Egypt (the period ca. 3500 BC) have discovered markings that are similar to the later hieroglyphs, meaning it could push back writing in Egypt by centuries. Either way, both scripts are far earlier than any other.

Answer 2

Mesopotamians.... The earliest language written in Mesopotamia was Sumerian, a language isolate. Scholars agree that other languages were also spoken in early Mesopotamia along with Sumerian. Later a Semitic language, Akkadian, came to be the dominant language, although Sumerian was retained for administration, religious, literary, and scientific purposes. Different varieties of Akkadian were used until the end of the Neo-Babylonian period. Then Aramaic, which had already become common in Mesopotamia, became the official provincial administration language of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Akkadian fell into disuse, but both it and Sumerian were still used in temples for some centuries.
In Early Mesopotamia (around mid 4th millennium BC) cuneiform script was invented. Cuneiform literally means "wedge-shaped", due to the triangular tip of the stylus used for impressing signs on wet clay. The standardized form of each cuneiform sign appear to have been developed from pictograms. The earliest texts (7 archaic tablets) come from the Eanna sacred precinct dedicated to the goddess Inanna at Uruk, Level III, from a building labelled as Temple C by its excavators.
The system of cuneiform script was difficult to master. Thus only a limited number of individuals were hired as scribes to be trained in its reading and writing. It was not until the widespread use of the phonetic Akkadian script was adopted under Sargon's rule that significant portions of Mesopotamian population became learned in literacy. Massive archives of texts were recovered from the archaeological contexts of Old Babylonian scribal schools, through which literacy was disseminated.

Answer 3

The first examples of the written word are done on clay tablet using cuniform text.These examples have been found in the area that was known as Mesopotamia along the Tigris river in modern day Iraq.

Answer 4

The earliest known writing is Cuneiform by the Sumerian people of ancient mesopotamia (Iraq)

Answer 5

It was determined that paper (rice paper) was invented along with writing in China about 4500 years ago. Papyrus script came about far later in the years. Although cuneiform writing was used in the early years for taxation and records by many peoples.

Answer 6

Writing was invented by the ancient Mesopotamians.

Answer 7

earliest written records: the area where Iraq is today.