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Symbols for the recording of language in a visible form. The first writing system was cuneiform?, which emerged among the Sumerians towards the end of the 4th millennium BC; however it was followed closely by the appearance of writing in Egypt and the [Indus valley]?, and since then writing has appeared independently a number of times, associated with various civilizations.



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