Define the terms Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform with their main features.
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Hieroglyphics - ancient Egyptian form of writing
Cuneiform - Mesopotamian script written on clay tablets which contained wedge-shaped characters
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Hieroglyphics:
The ancient Egyptian form of writing, it can be written in any direction - right to left, left to right or top to bottom. The reader finds out by the direction of symbols.
Cuneiform:
Cuneiform is the oldest form of writing system known to man.
It was pictographic in nature and not alphabetic like later scripts.
A lot of pictures and symbols were used to represent various trades and livelihood of the people of that time.
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