Readings on chapter one

I thought that chapter one in our textbook had a lot of interesting information. The part that I most enjoyed reading about was the history of written language. The book explained how writing started out as very complicated diagrams that stood for some object or idea. It was very complicated and difficult to read and write so only a select few people could read or write. As time passed though, symbols started being used that stood for sounds and when they were put together they made words. That was the beginning of the written language we have today. It was very interesting.