1500 BC:

MESOPOTAMIAN
CRYPTOGRAPHY
 WHAT IS CRYPTOGRAPHY ?
 It comes from the Greek words kryptos, meaning "hidden," and graphein,
meaning “ to write," is the process of making and using codes to secure
the transmission of information.

 Today, modern cryptography is essential to the secure Internet,

corporate cyber security, and block chain technology.
 WHAT IS Mesopotamia known for?

 It is considered the birthplace of writing and with it, recorded history.

 Mesopotamia is a region of southwest Asia in the Tigris and Euphrates

river system that benefitted from the area’s climate and geography to
host the beginnings of human civilization.
 TIGRIS RIVER
 a long river in western Asia that was one
of the two great rivers of the ancient
region of Mesopotamia

 provide drinking water, agricultural

irrigation, and major transportation
routes
 Euphrates RIVER
 It is the longest and one of the most
historically important rivers of Western
Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of
the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia.

 It plays a vital role for Syria as a key

freshwater source across the country.
 MESOPOTAMIA
 The oldest known example of Mesopotamian cryptography is a
small encrypted cuneiform tablet dating about 1500 B.C.E. found
on the banks of the Tigris River.

 It used cuneiform sign in their least common syllabic values, left

out the first constant of several signs, and used multiple
spellings for the same word.
WHAT IS CUNEIFORM ?
 Cuneiform is not a language but a proper
way of writing distinct from the alphabet. It
doesn't have 'letters' – instead it uses
between 600 and 1,000 characters
impressed on clay to spell words by dividing
them up into syllables, like 'ca-at' for cat, or
'mu-zi-um' for museum.
 PURPOSE OF CUNEIFORM TABLET ?

 Cuneiform writing was used to record a

variety of information such as temple
activities, business, and trade.
Cuneiform was also used to write
stories, myths, and personal letters.
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ivilizations/ancient-near-east1/the-ancient-near-east-an-
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GOD
BLESS!!!