Answer:
It was developed as a way to preserve culture and economics transactions. It was created in the Sumerian empire and through the passing time, this writing system was being developed by the incorporation of other cultures and knowledge.
Explanation:
Cuneiform writing is, as far as we know, one of the first writing systems to be developed in the Ancient World. Its creation can be traced from the Sumerians around the year 3000 BC, however. Cuneiform writing consists of many signs wrote in a wet clay tablet through the use of a pointed object to write on the clay. The creation of this system, or in this case, the influence for the creation of this writing system, according to some scholars and historians, came from the adaptation of other people writing systems such as the Semitic Akkadian. However, due to be more useful and practical than the other systems, it was incorporated and established as the main writing system. Its development occurred through the passing time, and the incorporation of other cultures, other people and especially, the rise of the Assyrian empire on the 8th Century BC that adapted this system into a more complex one, incorporating new language expressions and cultural expressions. The cuneiform writing system was virtually replaced by the alphabetical system through the influence of greek culture and the rise of the Roman Empire.
