THE HISTORY OF PUBLISHING

2. Cuneiform

3. • The first writing system
• Sumerian
• 3,000 BC
• Done by drawing the symbols
on a wet clay tablet
• Latin word “cuneus” means
“wedge”

4. HIEROGLYPHICS

5. • Egypt’s contribution
• Came from the Greek words
“hieros” which means ‘sacred’
and glypho which is to ‘engrave’.
• Represent objects and sounds.
• Created their alphabet system
which consists of 24 symbols
representing certain letters.

6. PAPYRUS
• Egyptians contribution
• Paper made from the pith of papyrus

7. Phoenician Alphabet

8. • It was the Phoenicians who
developed the higher level of
writing they invented an alphabet
system that represents sounds
instead of symbols. Each symbol has
phonetic value. Many nations
adapted and improved this system,
and considered this as the basis of
the alphabet system that you are
using today.