Ancient Writing Systems

I found this very informative website on ancient writing systems:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/ws.html

Admittedly, it doesn't get interesting until you click on the "Types"/"Families"/"Regions" classifications links, and then further click from there. You can then view the alphabet scripts (and "signs") from ancient Mesopotamia, Africa, and Central Asia, among many others regions of the world.

The types of writing systems are divided into the following categories:

Logographic (example: Chinese)
Logophonetic (examples: Cuneiform and Japanese)
Syllabic (example: Cherokee)
Consonantal Alphabetic (example: Hebrew)
Syllabic Alphabetic (examples: Burmese and Tibetan)
Consonent & Vowel Alphabetic (examples: Greek and Korean)

It's interesting that seemingly disparate languages have a shared similarity.

I hope you find this as intriguing as I did!