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Sumer’s Greatest Legacy: The 3,000-Year History of the Wedge Cuneiform

Before the first books were ever bound, before the first alphabets were ever carved, there was the wedge. In this deep-dive documentary, we explore the incredible 3,000-year journey of Cuneiform—the world’s first true writing system. Born in the marshes of Ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq), this revolutionary technology started as a humble tool for counting beer and grain but eventually became the vessel for the world’s first laws, its first epics, and its first named authors. How did a lump of wet mud change human cognition forever? Why did it take us nearly 2,000 years to figure out how to read it again? Join us as we go from the first clay "tokens" of Uruk to the daring 19th-century explorers who risked their lives to unlock the "Bird Tracks" of the ancients. In this video, we cover: The Administrative Crisis: Why the first cities needed "external memory." The Rebus Principle: The moment humans started "drawing" sounds. The Scribal School (Edubba): What life was like for a student in 2500 BCE. The First Author: The incredible story of Enheduanna. The Great Decipherment: How Henry Rawlinson "cracked the code" on a limestone cliff.