The Story of the Book Today, we take for granted the existence
of books as well as our ability to read
them. The story of the book can help us
appreciate how knowledge has spread
over the past 5,000 years.
The first system of writing developed
around 3500 BCE in the Middle East.
People used the triangular point of a stick
to press marks into thick tablets of wet
clay. Around 2600 BCE. Egyptians created
a much lighter material on which they
wrote using ink. They cut thin strips
from
Review the paragraph that begins at the
bottom of page 1 and continues to page 2
Click or tap the Two underlined sentences
on these pages that tell why the papyrus
scroll replaced the clay tablet as a writing
material.
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