reflection 6

Writing is such an important way of comunication. It brought about a way to preserve more complex ideas. Instead of relying on memory and story telling, writing allowed stories, thoughts, and ideas to be kept for longer periods of time. Writing allows us to keep records of important events and thoughts. When writing was invented it took communication to a whole other level. We were now able to transfer our thoughts onto surfaces. This allowed information to be shared in a different way than verbally or physically (through body language). Instead of simply relying on sound, now ideas could be transferred with images and symbols representing these sounds. These symbols representing sounds later, and slowly, became what we know now as the alphabet. It all began with images representing entire stories or scenarios, then representing a single thought or idea, and later each symbol represented a sound. At times, these symbols were used for one two or even three different meanings until they finally assigned each symbol to a sound or vowel. The entire alphabet is made up of “symbols” that represent sounds. These symbols/sounds put together make up the words that we now use in our everyday languages. The fact that now thoughts could be written down gave the ancient civilizations such a huge advantage. Writing became crucial to the civilizations because now they could keep track of things and emit across an idea to their entire population. With writing they could now keep track of the amount of resources they had, and how much each person was entitled to. They could now expose their cultivating skills by making images of the cultivating process. Aswell as keeping track of things like grain and beer, writing helped the ancient civilizations to count their belongins. Now they could claim things like their property, and animals. Writing allowed the establishment of rules and regulations for the members of each civilization to follow. Writing also allowed civilizations to communicate with eachother. The invention of writing allowed civilizations to grow bigger and stronger. If it werent for the images and symbols used by these ancient civilizations, we would not know the things we know about them today. Just like many years from now people will know about our different cultures because of the writings that we leave behind. With writing we can leave a mark in history.