The word came first, but was that word first written in a knot alphabet? Everything points to it. I don't know of any ancient alphabet that didn't derive from knot-based writing, so one could say that everything began with knots. Knowledge of writing was a fundamental prerequisite for the emergence of complex structures in every civilization, which is why the knot alphabet can be considered the ancestor of all known civilizations, including the Maya.
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