There is a large quantity of convincing evidence that writing was invented by priest-officials in their role of organizing and running ancient cities, at least in the Near East. They gathered together the harvests and other goods, distributing some ...
The Invention of Proto-Cuneiform in the Uruk Period
Early nomadic hunter-gatherers had no use for writing. Yet as humans transitioned into an increasingly sedentary agricultural lifestyle, we saw how bullae appear to have evolved as an early accounting tool alongside the development of concepts like ...