VI. Answer the following in Detail 1. Define the terms Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform with their main features.
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Hieroglyphics: Egyptians are well known for their writing system. Their form of writing is known as hieroglyphic. Hieroglyphic was used in the inscriptions on seals and other objects. The heretic, an another form of writing, was used for common purposes. This form of writing used a pictogrambased system. It was developed around 3000 BCE and many texts and books were written using this script. The Egyptian writing system was deciphered by the French scholar, Francois Champollion (1822 CE). He used the Rosetta stone, a trilingual inscription, for deciphering the script. This inscription, which was written in Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek,- was taken to France by Napoleon and from there it was taken to England. Now this inscription is on display in the British Museum London.
Cuneiform: Cuneiform is the Sumerian writing system. The shape of the letter is in the form of wedge and hence it is called cuneiform. Evolving around 3000 BCE, it is one of the earliest scripts of the world. The epic of Gilgamesh was written in this script. They used this script for commercial transactions and writing letters and stories. The clay tablets contain loads of information on the Sumerian civilization.Read more on Sarthaks.com -
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Hieroglyphics and cuneiform are languages. They are written languages. These languages had an important social function and they cultivated feelings of group identity and harmony. The culture, traditions and shared values are conveyed and preserved through these languages.
HIEROGLYPHICS
Hieroglyph is a Greek word which means "sacred writing". It was a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. It is a logographic writing system. The Egyptians used the language for a period of 4000 years. Altogether there are over 700 different hieroglyphs.
Origin and development
1) The hieroglyphic script originated before 3100 B.C.
2) It was at the very onset of pharaonic civilization.
3) It lasted for nearly 4000 years.
4) The last hieroglyphic inscription in Egypt was written in the 5th century A.D
5) For almost 1500 years after that, the language was incapable to be read.
Cuneiform
is the Latin word, meaning ‘wedge’. It is the mode of writing using a wedge-shaped style.
Origin and development
1) Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia
2) The period is from c. 3500-3000 BCE.
3) It is regarded as the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians
4) It is the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk
5) The language advanced in the writing of cuneiform c. 3200 BCE.
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