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Cuneiform

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  • Cuneiform — Things That Made the Modern Economy, Series 1

    Cuneiform, the earliest known script, was used to create the world's first accounts.

    Release date:
    03 Jul 2017
    Duration: 9:00
  • Early Writing Tablet — A History of the World in 100 Objects, The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC)

    Neil MacGregor explores early writing through a 5,000-year-old tablet about beer!

    Release date:
    05 Feb 2010
    Duration: 15:00

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