Why was writing first developed?

Writing probably started as a result of political expansion in ancient civilizations. Around the 4th millennium BCE, trade and administration became too complex for memorization, so it was necessary to use a method of storing information in a permanent manner. read more

In the first of them, Enmerkar and The Lord of Aratta, it is explained that writing developed because the messenger of King Enmerkar, going back and forth between him and the King of the city of Aratta, eventually had too much to remember and so Enmerkar had the idea to write his messages down; and so writing was born. read more