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  2. History of writing - Wikipedia

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    The tokens were then progressively replaced by flat tablets, on which signs were recorded with a stylus. Actual writing is first recorded in Uruk (modern Iraq), at the end of the 4th millennium BC, and soon after in various parts of the Near East. [30] An ancient Sumerian poem gives the first known story of the invention of writing:

  3. List of creators of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Carmenta - legendary Roman prophetess and mother of Evander, ascribed adoption of Greek alphabet to Latin alphabet c. 1250 BC (?) according to tradition. Chao Yuen Ren - Chinese-American linguist, led the development of Gwoyeu Romatzyh in 1925–6. Saint Clement of Ohrid - Archbishop, ascribed invention of Cyrillic c. 900, according to tradition.

  4. Category:Ancient Roman writers - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Rome portal This category contains writers who lived during the period of the Roman Republic and/or the Roman Empire . See also Category:Writers in Latin .

  5. Latin literature - Wikipedia

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    He was the first Roman statesman to put his political speeches in writing as a means of influencing public opinion. [citation needed] Early Latin literature ended with Gaius Lucilius, who created a new kind of poetry in his 30 books of Satires (2nd century BC). He wrote in an easy, conversational tone about books, food, friends, and current events.

  6. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal.

  7. History of books - Wikipedia

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    The history of books starts with the development of writing, and various other inventions such as paper and printing, and continues through to the modern-day business of book printing. The earliest knowledge society has on the history of books actually predates what would conventionally be called "books" today and begins with tablets , scrolls ...

  8. History of literature - Wikipedia

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    A History of Japanese Literature: From the Man'yōshū to Modern Times. Translated by Sanderson, Don (New Abridged ed.). Japan Library. ISBN 1-873410-48-4. Lane, Richard J. (2011). The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature. Routledge. Lee, Peter H. (2003). A History of Korean Literature. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139440868.

  9. Writings of Cicero - Wikipedia

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    The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of classical antiquity. Cicero was a Roman politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, philosopher, and constitutionalist who lived during the years of 106–43 BC.