Explanation: The earliest evidence of the use of writing dates from the Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia, but there are ancient archeological finds from China, Egypt, Phoenicia, etc. The writing was used to write down the tables with the names of the rulers, then for the control of the distribution of goods, trade, control over the people, and the records that provided it. In addition, many trade contracts, religious texts for the purposes of religious ceremonies, laws, ancient literary works, names of rulers on tombstones, were recorded.