Jose Marti was a Cuban patriot and thus was not from Mexico. In addition to his work towards an independent Cuba, Marti was a renowned essayist, poet, and publisher.
It allowed materials to be shipped easier and get things farther
The Olmec or egyptians!1!
Writing – a system of graphic marks representing the units of a specific language – has been invented independently in the Near East, China and Mesoamerica. The cuneiform script, created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, ca. 3200 BC, was first.