Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 86,793. Its county seat is Victoria. Victoria County is included in the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sumer, an ancient civilization of southern Mesopotamia, is believed to be the place where written language was first invented around 3200 BC. Limestone Kish tablet from Sumer with pictographic writing; may be the earliest known writing, 3500 BC.
ca. 3100 BCE. Cuneiform, one of the earliest known writing systems developed in Sumer (modern day Iraq). Wedge-shaped marks were made on clay tablets by a blunt stylus cut from a reed. ca. 3000. Papyrus plant, paper-like material used as a writing surface in Egypt.