



Here I present: Irving Finkel & Jonathan Taylor, “Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts”, 2015, PART TWO (2).
INTRODUCTION.
Cuneiform script was essential in history, and students of history should study cuneiform writing. The book consists of nine (9) chapters listed BELOW.
CHAPTER NUMBER.
#1. Looking Backwards and Forwards.
#2. Going to School.
#3. Who Used Cuneiform Writing.
#4. How do we Understand it, Anyway?
#5. The Scribe Revealed.
#6. What Happened to Cuneiform?
#7. How did it Work?
#8. Counting Days.
#9. Why Study Cuneiform?
COMMENTS.
Aristotle (384-322 BC) founded Lyceum of Athens GREECE (the second Western university). Aristotle began as a student at the Plato of Academy of Athens, GREECE (the first Western university). The Persian Empire was at its zenith during the time of Aristotle. The timeline of the Persian is BELOW, dating back to Elamite culture. Cuneiform scripts are essential in transmission of this Persian history.

| 2۲ | 𐎤 | Ku | |
| 3۳ | 𐎣 | Ka | ک |
| ۳ | 𐎩 | Ja | ج |
| ۳ | 𐎭 | Da | د |
| ۳ | 𐎰 | Tha | ت |
| ۳ | 𐎲 | Ba | ب |
| ۳ | 𐎳 | Fa | ف |
| ۳ | 𐎴 | Na | ن |
| ۳ | 𐎹 | Ya | ی |
| ۳ | 𐎽 | Ru | |
| ۳ | 𐏁 | Sha | ث |
| 4۴ | 𐎿 | Sa | ش |
| ۴ | 𐎠 | A | ا |
| ۴ | 𐎡 | I | |
| ۴ | 𐎢 | U | |
| ۴ | 𐎥 | Ga | گ |
| ۴ | 𐎧 | Xa | خ |
| ۴ | 𐎨 | Ca | چ |
| ۴ | 𐎬 | Tu | |
| ۴ | 𐎵 | Nu | |
| ۴ | 𐎶 | Ma | م |
| ۴ | 𐎷 | Mi | |
| ۴ | 𐎻 | Vi | |
| ۴ | 𐎼 | Ra | ر |
| ۴ | 𐎾 | La | ل |
| ۴ | 𐏀 | Za | ذ |
| ۴ | 𐏂 | Sa | س |
| ۴ | 𐏃 | Ha | ح |
| 5۵ | 𐎦 | Gu | |
| ۵ | 𐎪 | Ji | |
| ۵ | 𐎫 | Ta | ط |
| ۵ | 𐎮 | Di | |
| ۵ | 𐎯 | Du | |
| ۵ | 𐎱 | Pa | پ |
| ۵ | 𐎸 | Mu | |
| ۵ | 𐎺 | Va | و |
