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A long article speculates about how ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Sumerians greeted the comet on its last visit in 2213 B.C. (It was undoubtedly an important omen--of what, no one knows.)
For us who can read and count and take such matters so much for granted, it seems impossible to believe that it took more than 500 years (2500-2000 BC) for the Sumerians to reduce their cuneiform character inventory from 800 to about 500.
Conversely, how did the ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, and how do present-day Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans read?