... signified numbers and were the forerunners of cuneiform script. As pictographs developed into cuneiform scrip the foundations of a written language were created and civilizations would now be able to communicate with one another through symbolic representation. The cuneiform system of writing contained more than 700 different signs and was an abstract picture language. The abstract script was in the form of ... the verb "to speak". Some other examples of simplistic ideograms would be "the head of a bull stands for cattle, an ear of barley for barley" (Roaf 70). The meanings of pictures ...

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