Cuneiform was the system of writing developed by the Sumerians. They were in form wedged characters. They used this system of writing for record
purposes. They were written on clay
slabs with a sharp stylus as a pen.
After writing, they would heat these tablets and keep them for
preserving important data. It was said
that with the development of this system, written history began. Scholars had difficulty translating the
cuneiform system of writing. It was
finally deciphered by British scholar Henry Rawlinson in 1847.
