The Sumerian civilisation was the world’s first, inventing writing, numerical systems, bureaucracy and the state, and texts from the 3rd millennium BC provide details of a particularly cultured ...

A Sumerian tablet bears a religious text. It was created using cuneiform, the world’s first writing system. Sumerian cuneiform spread across much of the Bronze Age Middle East.

What Is The Oldest Written Text That Has Ever Been Found? The oldest confirmed writing is on an ancient Sumerian artifact, but the road to its creation is long and fascinating. Dr. Russell Moul ...