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.
Writing was invented by the Sumerians around 3100 BC. It began as record keeping for trade and evolved into the use of symbols for writing down laws and stories. The form of writing is called cuneiform. Pictograms, or drawings representing actual things, were the basis for cuneiform writing.