Which in turn created more beer. 6000 BCE (Mesopotamia)- Many perishable items could not be stored for a long amount of time without pottery which was not emerged until 6000 BCE 4000 BCE (Mesopotamia)-Beer was widespread in the Near East by 4,000 B.C.E. it appears in a pictogram from Mesopotamia, which is known as modern day Iraq. 3400 BCE (Mesopotamia)-The first examples of writing date around this time, this was known as cuneiform. 2350 BCE (Egypt)- Documents from the reign of Sargon, one of a series of kings from the region of Akkad who united and ruled Sumer's rival city-states ...