Region of origin names the place a script first developed. Wikipedia notes the Latin script is "derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia," tracing its earliest known home to a single Greek colony in southern Italy. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own writing systems.
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1. Wikipedia: Oracle Bone Script
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The oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC.
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