Any neat, simple, one-sentence claim about history, or any reality, omits lots of grey area, nuance, and complexity. Any such claim about the development of wri

Any neat, simple, one-sentence claim about history, or any reality, omits lots of grey area, nuance, and complexity. Any such claim about the development of writing systems would have the same flaw (writing predates the Egyptians too). For one sentence, 'the alphabet was developed in 8th century BCE Greece' is a pretty good one.