* Cuneiform is a system of writing that uses wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.
* Sumerians developed this system around 3500 BCE, making it one of the oldest known writing systems.
* The name "cuneiform" comes from the Latin word for "wedge-shaped," which accurately describes the appearance of the symbols.
While the Sumerians were the first to use cuneiform, other civilizations in Mesopotamia, like the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, adopted and adapted it for their own languages.