Us The History of Writing Imagine for just a moment what life would be like without writing. There would be no love letters, no newspapers, no email messages everything would have to be verbal or signified with pictures which could have a multitude of meanings.
Writing is truly one of the world s greatest inventions.
Now, consider why writing came into existence to begin with. Most scholars agree we have an expanding economy to thank. Once people began conducting business, they needed a way to track inventory, prove a sale had occurred, etc. Writing provided the needed history and evidence. As to how writing began, there are many theories.