<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika kipindi hicho cha historia, Wasumeria waliishi katika eneo la Mesopotamia eneo lililo kati ya mito Tigri na Efrathi katika eneo la Iraq ya leo na walianzisha na kuendeleza maandishi ya cuneiform, ambayo ni aina ya kale zaidi ya maandishi ulimwenguni.  <response>: Around this time the Sumerian civilization living in Mesopotamia the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq founded and developed the cuneiform script, the worlds oldest form of writing on record. 