How did the earlier people write?
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The earlier people wrote using Cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the alphabet.
- Life got more difficult as ancient Mesopotamians moved into the nearby cities and farmland.
- Since the advent of irrigation, agriculture has become more complex, necessitating the keeping of meticulous records of food surpluses.
- This immediately contributed to the development of writing.
- Cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the alphabet are the oldest writing systems that have been discovered by historians.
- The earliest known writing system is cuneiform.
- Given the value of writing to civilization, cuneiform is regarded as the Sumerian people's greatest contribution.
- This writing's creation is estimated to have occurred around 3,300 BCE.
- Over 700 symbols with various meanings that evolved with each city-state and over time were discovered by archaeologists.
- Using a stylus, it wrote on a clay tablet and represented sounds with symbols.
- This made it possible for the civilization to record its people, laws, and history.
- Around 3,000 BCE, the ancient Egyptians developed a systematic writing system called Egyptian hieroglyphs that blended pictographic and alphabetic elements.
- There are countless symbols in hieroglyphs that can represent words (ideogram) or sounds (phonograms).
- Hieroglyphic writing required significant expertise, and scribes who studied it frequently got their start at a young age.
- On papyrus and wood, the Egyptians wrote sacred texts in cursive hieroglyphs.
- They are important because they are the source of much of our knowledge about the ancient Egyptians.
- The Phoenician alphabet eventually superseded Cuneiform as the primary writing system.
- It was first used around 1,000 BCE. Writing in cuneiform was different from writing in pictographic script because it used sounds and had 22 letters.
- It established the foundation for modern script and was disseminated by Phoenician traders.
- The Phonecian alphabet is the ancestor of many alphabetic languages.
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