Another important invention which has contributed greatly to our modern knowledge was writing. at first, writing was a special form of drawing, and was usually very simple. but gradually these primitive drawings turned into letters. from the counting of days and months, man went on to count cattle and sheep and the earliest forms of arithmetic appeared. the greeks were the first people to use writing to record language as spoken by contemporary men; and their works are still widely read today, for information and for pleasure. переведите