Uruk was the site of the earliest known writing, dating to about 3200 B.C.
Notes on verification
Well-corroborated by multiple high-quality independent sources (Met Museum, Britannica, Archaeology Magazine, World History Encyclopedia, Wikipedia). Minor scholarly debate exists over exact dating (some argue for 3350-3300 BC), but the core claim aligns with widely cited consensus. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists,wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.8 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday | framework convergence=partial on Archaeological dating of the Uruk IV/III strata and the conventional 3200 BC benchmark widely used in reference literature (upstreams: German Archaeological Institute excavations at Uruk (Eanna district), Denise Schmandt-Besserat token hypothesis, Robert Englund/Hans Nissen/Jean-Jacques Glassner proto-cuneiform chronology studies) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high (extractor: empirical/medium)]
Sources
- Saving Iraq's Treasures (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://archaeology.org/collection/the-worlds-oldest-writing/ (corroboration)
- https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-origins-of-writing (corroboration)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/cuneiform/ (corroboration)