with ties to the North Etruscan Alphabet and old Latin. It is believed that writing developed independently in places and civilizations like Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3100 BC. But there's more to that, much more. The mysterious script of the Neolithic Turdaș-Vinča culture dates back to 5,500 and 3,500 BC which spread over Southeastern Europe from Transylvania to what is today Serbia.