4. What is Egyptian writing known as?
5. Name the four dynasties that ruled China.
6. Name two Mesopotamian city states.
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Ancient Egyptian writing is known as hieroglyphics ('sacred carvings') and developed at some point prior to the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150 -2613 BCE). According to some scholars, the concept of the written word was first developed in Mesopotamia and came to Egypt through trade. While there certainly was cross-cultural exchange between the two regions, Egyptian hieroglyphics are completely Egyptian in origin; there is no evidence of early writings which describe non-Egyptian concepts, places, or objects, and early Egyptian pictographs have no correlation to early Mesopotamian signs. The designation 'hieroglyphics' is a Greek word; the Egyptians referred to their writing as medu-netjer, 'the god's words,' as they believed writing had been given to them by the great god Thoth.
According to one ancient Egyptian tale, in the beginning of time Thoth created himself and, in the form of an ibis, lay the cosmic egg which held all of creation. In another story, Thoth emerged from the lips of the sun god Ra at the dawn of time, and in another, he was born of the contendings of the gods Horus and Set, representing the forces of order and chaos. In all of these, however, the constant is that Thoth was born with an immense breadth of knowledge and, among the most important, the knowledge of the power of words.
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4. The Egyptian writing is know as hieroglyphs (Greek for "sacred words").
5. The dynasties which ruled China are :-
Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1050 BC)
Zhou Dynasty (1050-256 BC)
Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
Sui Dynasty (581-617)/Tang Dynasty (618-907)
6. Uruk, Nippur
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