Letters progression!

By Briley Wolf
  • First Form of Letters.
    3500 BCE

    First Form of Letters.

    People called the Sumerians made the earliest form of a letter by using symbols instead of letters and putting it on clay objects with a sharpened reed.
  • Invention of The Alphabet.
    1500 BCE

    Invention of The Alphabet.

    The invention of the alphabet which led to more advanced ways to write letters.
  • Bark and Leaves
    550 BCE

    Bark and Leaves

    Leaves and Bark were mainly used for writing letters.
  • Persian Queen
    500 BCE

    Persian Queen

    The first recorded handwritten letter written by a Persian Queen.
  • Paper Introduced
    200 BCE

    Paper Introduced

    Paper was introduced. Prior to that, papyrus was used, it had a rough surface like plywood.
  • Print Press
    1440

    Print Press

    Johannes Gutenburg developed a print press which marked the beginning of modern printing.
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter

    Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule invented the typewriter which led to even more legible and efficient letter writing.
  • Office Computers

    Office Computers

    Office computers started becoming popular for writing letters.