Cuneiform was first created during the 3rd millennium BC(3000-3500 BC) . People back then would mainly use cuneiform for recording transactions. Before cuneiform was an official language it was used to write multiple different languages such as Akkadian and Sumerian. It was used for around 3000 years until it fell out of use. Cuneiform was then slowly replaced by alphabetic writing systems. It was then mostly forgotten for around 2000 years until archaeologists discovered tablets some time during the early 19th century.

In ancient city-states cuneiform was used for many different  important things such as keeping records of temple activities, trade between city-states, and business. Though it was important back then it slowly fell out of use. It may not be used today but it was used to help create about 15 different languages such as Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian, and Old Persian. There is also an Assyrian text that shows how the Assyrians observed Mars; these tablets have helped archaeologists try to calculate the dates of Ammi-Saduqa(the first king of Babylon).