DGP Chapter 2 Writing And Power: Defining World-Views

Do you know what I am doing right now at this exact moment, I am writing.  No one seems to realize how much of big deal writing really is.  The chapter talks about the impact writing has had in the human race and how it was highly praised during ancient times.  Back in those times any person who knew how to read or write were considered more important than others since they made the laws and interpret them.  Early humans used cave drawings as a form of writing it was around six thousand years ago when more complex forms of writing were being created.  There are two systems that writings can be divided in: ideographic which comes form pictures that represent thoughts, and Phonetic which uses signs of the Roman alphabet.  According to historians it is believed that Sumerians from Mesopotamia  was where civilization began and developed the worlds first writing system.  Since then writing has evolved and become extremely useful in our society.  With out writing, laws would never have been created, meaning there would be no order in society and if there are no rules then there will be chaos.  When religion eventually came into play, writing was used to tell a story and give faith to the world, all through writing.  Writing is what we use to express ourselves into fine art, we are telling a story for future and past generations to hear.