The Importance of Language One of the reasons I first gravitated to the earlier ancient civilizations of the Sumerians, Greeks, and Egyptians, was the vast amount of information we have about their cultures. They left behind an incredible legacy of literature, artwork, and monuments over thousands of years. This made it easier to incorporate into fictional stories. Take, for example, the Sumerians of Mesopotamia who created the first known written language. Several examples still exist today in the form of clay Cuneiform tablets. These include a customer service complaint, the oldest known musical composition, and the enduring Epic of Gilgamesh. Because the Mesopotamians...Read More