Did all writing civilizations eventually produce cryptography?

Upvote:4

In the link to Wikipedia that you have provided it is written that the most ancient form of cryptography is the classical cypher that was invented circa 1900 BC.

Akkadian Empire knew writing and even had Enheduanna, the first poet in history whom we know by name, and established in 2334 BC and disestablished in 2154 BC. So the empire existed before cryptography was invented.

Sumer civilization is more ancient, but they knew writing as well.

About the reasons, I guess cryptography is useful only when a sufficient part of the population is able to read and write.

Vitaly Olegovitch 1119

📝 Name for a position in a noble household in the medieval period (c.13-14)
📝 Did countries use insurance to compensate for their economic losses after the Black Death/Spanish flu/Asian flu?
📝 What was the first ever televised lottery?
📝 Why wasn't the American civil war fought between slaves and masters?
📝 What happened to the wealth of the Rothschild banking family?
📝 Was jealousy the cause of Ernst Winter's death?
📝 Was Saladin Agnostic?
📝 Is there any evidence that the book of Isaiah was written before Cyrus?
📝 How would a king's servants prove that they are on a task given by the king?
📝 What evidence is there of the vision aids people used before the invention of eyeglasses in about 1286?
📝 Was Mussolini's March on Rome inspired by ancient history?
📝 Was Heinrich Himmler's death a suicide?
📝 "Destructive force" carried by a B-52?
📝 When did Albertus Magnus write 'On Animals'?
📝 How is the accuracy of the Maya Calendar measured?
📝 Why was a gold standard not stipulated in the U.S. Constitution?
📝 What are some cases where a country bought land from another country, other than the United States?
📝 3 commander-in-chiefs of india can ever meet in one place
📝 How did Japan successfully conquer Vietnam (Southeast Asia) in WW2?
📝 To what extent was Niccolo Machiavelli's views representative of the views in Italy's renaissance?
📝 Please suggest a book that contains a historical (factual) account of Jesus' life
📝 Which George V stamp would be used for a letter sent from London to Sweden in 1919/1920?
📝 What was the size of the British East India fleet at the end of the War of 1812?
📝 Why was sugar cultivation more profitable in the Caribbean/Brazil than West Africa?
📝 How was King Henry VIII able to get syphilis?
📝 What uniform does PewDiePie wear in this picture?
📝 Were Christians really burned for lighting by Nero?
📝 Were US exports in the early 1800s paid for with metal or with paper?
📝 Is Malenkov wearing some sort of uniform in this picture?
📝 Can Alexander III of Macedon's success be attributed to good logistics management?

Source: stackoverflow.com

Travel Tips

Did all writing civilizations eventually produce cryptography?

More post

Search Posts

Related post