Chapter 1

This chapter is about the early writings and how people communicated with each other thousands and thousands of years ago. The first human marks were found in Africa over 200,000 years ago. They used a lot of black used from charcoal and some other colors such as yellow and red. These pictures were used for survival, utilisation and ritualistic purposes. Writing became of because people of this time needed to keep records. Writing back then started off very different, then wrote top to bottom, and eventually throughout time it went from left ot right. Stamp seals were first used during this time by the Babylonians. At first the seals were just used with simple pictures, but they eventually turned into stories being told. The Egyptians were known for their hieroglyphs. The Roesetta stone was the first form of hieroglypics found. Another big step for the Egyptians was the invention of papyrus. They were also the first to created illuminated manuscrips.
One person of group I found interesting are the Sumerians. They had a great impact on our future and yet we know very little about them. "The invention of writing brought about an intellectual revolution that had a vast impact upon social order, economic progress, and technological and future cultural developments" Meggs History of Graphic Design.
After going through all the steps to make papyrus, exactly how long did it take to make one sheet to write on?