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The origin of writing in Mesopotamia is tied to designs engraved on ancient cylinder seals
Designs on stone cylinders dating back six thousand years correspond to some signs of the proto-cuneiform script that emerged in the city of Uruk, in southern Iraq, around 3350–3000 BCE. This ...