* Some early writing systems were written from right to left. This includes:
* Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs: Written from right to left in columns.
* Proto-Sinaitic script: The ancestor of the Phoenician alphabet, also written from right to left.
* Early Hebrew and Aramaic: Also written from right to left.
* Other early writing systems were written in different directions. These include:
* Cuneiform: Written from left to right, but in horizontal lines.
* Linear B: Used to write the Mycenaean Greek language, was written from left to right.
* Early Chinese characters: Written from top to bottom, and then from right to left.
The direction of writing was largely dependent on the specific script and language.
It's important to note that the direction of writing can change over time. For example, while early Hebrew was written from right to left, some later Hebrew scripts, like the "square script" used today, are written from left to right.
So, while some early text *was* written from right to left, it's not accurate to say that *all* early text was written that way.