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3500 BC:
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In Sumer, pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets.
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3400-3100:
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Inscription on Mesopotamian tokens overlap with pictography
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2600:
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Egyptian Book of the Dead
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Scribes employed in Egypt.
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2400:
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In India, engraved seals identify the writer.
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2400:
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2200:
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Date of oldest existing document written on papyrus.
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1500:
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Phoenician Script
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Phoenician alphabet.
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1400:
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Oldest record of writing in China, on bones.
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1270:
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Syrian scholar compiles an encyclopedia.
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900:
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China has an organized postal service for government use.
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775:
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Greeks develop a phonetic alphabet, written from left to right.
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530:
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In Greece, a library.
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500:
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Greek telegraph: trumpets, drums, shouting, beacon fires, smoke
signals, mirrors.
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500:
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Persia has a form of pony express.
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500:
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Chinese scholars write on bamboo with reeds dipped in pigment.
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400:
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Chinese write on silk as well as wood, bamboo.
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200:
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Books written on parchment and vellum.
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200:
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Tipao gazettes are circulated to Chinese officials.
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59:
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Julius Caesar orders postings of Acta Diurna.
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