One of the earliest libraries or archives of conserved and classified information was found at Nineva. It comprised of 20,000 clay tablets belonging to the Kings of Assyria from the 7th century BC, who apparently had at their disposal whole workshops of copyists and conservationists.
Clay tablets were an early form of material used to record information and there have been many varied means of doing this since the 7th century BC!
Back in the 2nd century BC China, writing on wood, shells, bone and silk was popular.
In fact, the use of tablets as a medium of collating information was used until the 19th century in many parts of the world. Continue reading History Recorded! Why Parchment…