People back in ancient times always wondered why it was so important to know how to read and write. In my opinion people knowing how to read and write is thee most important thing to know how to do in life. I personally think children these days should be taught two different languages. “Even though the earliest writing was just symbols done by Cro-Magnon men, which would have been about 40,000 years ago (Marshack, p.5).” Not only was it important for the elite to communicate with their people, but the different ways they did was also very important. The elite of ancient times were the first to learn to read and write, they had to be able to communicate with their people in certain ways.
The elite of ancient times were considered the “politicians” such as Royalty family, kings and queens. The elite had to know how to inform their people about everything going on. Individuals who were able to read and write would be of the higher class of the town and got a lot more respect from other people. It was very important for the elite to be literate, but at the same time if they weren’t they were able to make a pheasant write and read everything for them. Not only was being able to read and write beneficial to the elite class, but it made progress of literacy go faster. People wanted to be high class so they would learn to read and write. The elite had many different ways to communicate with their people. They could make an announcement like you see in movies, send out messengers to tell the families, give out small scrolls, or even give out small wax tablets.
“Among the Mediterranean peoples whom we acknowledge as ancestors, writing began on stone, but became a useful vehicle for the dissemination of information only when the technology of the papyrus roll, or scroll was perfected (O’Donnell, p. 302).” As O’Donnell says the scroll was a major influence in the development of literature. Papyrus roll was a huge element in the evolution of understanding reading and...