Having debuted on the catwalk on 2003, fashion designer David Tlale probably didnât envisage adding the words âaward winningâ to his repertoire in the same year.
Sumerian cuneiform. Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Its origins can be traced back to about 8,000 BC and it developed from the pictographs and other symbols used to represent trade goods and livestock on clay tablets.umerian cuneiform. Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Its origins can be traced back to about 8,000 BC and it developed from the pictographs and other symbols used to represent trade goods and livestock on clay tablets.
Writing. 1  People signed items with personal seals made of stone, metal, or wood. 2  Later Mesopotamian civilizations such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians used Sumerian writing. 3  Cuneiform writing was around for thousands of years until it was replaced by the Phoenician alphabet near the end of the neo-Assyrian Empire.