[DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform script - Wikipedia [PAR] Cuneiform script is one of the earliest systems of writing, distinguished by its 
wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. 
The name cuneiform itself simply means "wedge shaped". ... Originally, 
pictographs were either drawn on clay tablets in vertical columns with a 
sharpened reed stylus... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of 
Mesopotamia c. ... Latin word cuneus for 'wedge' owing to the wedge-shaped 
style of writing. ... The earliest cuneiform tablets, known as proto-cuneiform, were 
pictorial, as ... One no longer had to struggle with the meaning of a pictograph; 
one now... [DOC] [TLE] Ancient Scripts: Sumerian [PAR] The Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world, ... 
They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence 
... For example, the word uga means 'raven' in Sumerian, and there is a logogram 
UGA for 'raven'. ... Man is not 'shackled by society', only if he chooses to be. [DOC] [TLE] cuneiform | writing system | Britannica.com [PAR] Cuneiform, system of writing used in the ancient Middle East. The name, a 
coinage from Latin and Middle French roots meaning wedge-shaped, has been 
the ... of civilization is second only to that of the Phoenician-Greek-Latin alphabet. 
... While it does not follow that they were the earliest inhabitants of the region or 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform Tablets - Crystalinks [PAR] An early world map, circa 600 B.C., shows Babylon as a rectangle ... Not only 
have they opened an extraordinary door into Canaanite civilization, but they have 
... The word "cuneiform" comes from the Latin word "cuneus", meaning "wedge". 
... Cuneiforms were written on clay tablets, on which symbols were drawn with a... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform and the Bible - The Bible and Interpretation [PAR] Rawlinson had not only become obsessed with cuneiform, he was also an ... 
Shinar was the Hebrew name for Babylonia (southern Mesopotamia), while 
Assyria was the ... wedge- or triangular-shaped marks were produced, with signs 
made up of lines ... 'of wedge-shaped form', from the Latin word cuneus, meaning 
wedge. [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform Writing @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of ... [PAR] These marks eventually became wedge-shaped ("cuneiform"), and could convey 
... Cuneiform was adapted by the Akkadians, Babylonians, Sumerians and ... 
Clay tablets were the primary media for everyday written communication and 
were ... of written language developed so that cuneiform writing not only counted 
things,... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform.org Origin of Cuneiform and Proto Cuneiform [PAR] The word, cuneiform is derived from the Latin cuneus "wedge" + form . ... house,' 
if four small strokes were added to it, would mean * great house,' and so forth. ... 
form of writing was thus used first by the Sumerians, then by their Babylonian and 
... Soon, cuneiform, which had lasted for 3500 years would be forgotten and not... [DOC] [TLE] Cuneiform - World History International [PAR] The term is from the Latin, meaning "wedge-shaped. ... Because they were 
pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus, they came to have 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Sumeria, Ancient Sumeria (Sumer), A history of Ancient Sumer ... [PAR] Authorities do not all agree about the definition of civilization. ... Babylonia in turn 
encompassed two geographical areas - Akkad in the north and Sumer, the ... 
Between 3500 B.C. and 3100 B.C. the foundations were laid for a type of ..... This 
kind of writing on clay is called cuneiform, from the Latin cuneus, meaning "
wedge. [DOC] [TLE] Early Writing [PAR] Cuneiform inscription in Sumerian, recording the building of the Temple ... The 
first account records were small, marked clay tokens that represented ... Later, the 
Sumerians' picture-writing evolved into cuneiform,

Question: From the Latin for "wedge", it means wedge-shaped writing & we're not just Babylon
Answer: cuneiform