<span>The earliest writing systems evolved independently and at roughly the same time in Egypt and Mesopotamia, but current scholarship suggests that Mesopotamia’s writing appeared first. That writing system, invented by the Sumerians, emerged in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE. At first, this writing was representational: a bull might be represented by a picture of a bull, and a pictograph of barley signified the word barley. </span>
The Treaty's required reparations amplified the state of Europe's economy in Germany, causing hyperinflation. The French insisted on the Treaty being harsh out of fear of Germany instigating another war.
