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T he world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing ...

Writing a symbol equation. Chemical reactions can be represented using symbol equations. In a symbol equation, substances are written using their chemical symbol or formula.

The writing system is thought to have originated from Mesopotamia, now an area of modern-day Iraq. Before cuneiform, however, there was a script using abstract pictographic signs called proto ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.

The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles, a new study suggests ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest writing system, according to new research.