Where Does Literacy Come from?

In fact, literacy has a long history. The first written communication dates all the way back to 3500 B.C., when only a small amount of people learned to read and write. In those days, people who knew how to read held public performances, displaying their skill.

Where did the literacy come from?

The earliest forms of written communication originated in Sumer, located in southern Mesopotamia about 3500-3000 BCE. During this era, literacy was "a largely functional matter, propelled by the need to manage the new quantities of information and the new type of governance created by trade and large scale production".

How do you define literacy?

Literacy is the ability to read, write, speak and listen in a way that lets us communicate effectively and make sense of the world.