Writing Evolution: From Mud To Cyberspace

ancient Sumerians Babylonians wrote in cuneiform on clay tablets pictogram wedges scribe written with a reed stick or stylus ancient Egyptians wrote in pictures of an object with hieroglyphs representing a word idea or sound written on papyrus reeds... ancient Greece wrote with hieroglyphs then sylabic alphabets originating in Minoan culture Linear A to B on tablets or scrolls ancient Rome wrote in Greek Latin on schoolboy wax tablets using pointed metal stylus or literature propaganda on scrolls... the Middle Ages used the codex books originating with the Romans described in the 1st-century AD vellum hand written paper sheets the Holy Roman Empire used printing on existing screw presses German Johannes Gutenberg inks rapid metal movable-type faces... newspapers telegraphs type writers fax email internet worldwide webs hand phones personal computers achieving instant communications now globally adults children write on hand phones learn computers tablets to clothes comps then techno implanted communication devices