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∙ 12y agoEgypt used hieroglyphics, Mesopotamia used cuneiform
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∙ 12y agohow did the Egyptian writing system compare with the mesopotamian system ?
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MESOPOTAMIANS:
8000 TO 3200 BC MESOPOTAMIANS USED CLAY "TOKENS" AND SHAPES TO REPRESENT WORDS .THIS SYSTEM IS KNOWN TO BE LOGOGRAM.LATER THEY BEGAN TO USE PHONETIC WRITING( CUNEIFORM --- USED BY BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIAMS).
EGYPTIANS:
EGYTPIANS USED HIEROGLYPHS. HIEROGLYPHS IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST WRITING SYSTEMS. THEY ALSO USED CURSIVE HIEROGLYPHS IPA PHONETIC WRITING SYSTEM IN PAPYRUS FOR GODLY REPRESENTATION.
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∙ 11y agoEgyptian writing is different because the Mesopotamian kind of style is wedge-shaped. That's why it's called cuneiform, because "cuna" means wedge-shaped. Egyptians made writing differently by using pictographs that were painted either onto papyrus or onto stone.
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∙ 7y agoEgyptian hieroglyphs are pictographs that correspond the sound of the first syllable of the thing being depicted. Phoenician cuneiform writing uses abstract symbols to correspond with spoken sounds. The latter evolved into the Greek alphabet, then the Roman alphabet, and then into the modern Western alphabet.
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∙ 12y agothey are called called hieroglyphics.
Mayan script was initially called "hieroglyphics" by 18th Century Europeans, because of it's similarity to Egyptian writing, and the system is similar to Egyptian writing, but term "hieroglyphics" is usually reserved for Egyptian writing. Mayan script is more often called "Mayan glyphs."
Heiroglyphs were a system of writing developed in Egypt for carving into stone or writing on papyrus.
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The writing system invented in ancient Mesopotamia was cuneiform. The Sumerians invented it more than 5000 years ago. It was written by making triangular marks on a clay tablet.
how did the Egyptian writing system compare with the mesopotamian system ?ANS:MESOPOTAMIANS:8000 TO 3200 BC MESOPOTAMIANS USED CLAY "TOKENS" AND SHAPES TO REPRESENT WORDS .THIS SYSTEM IS KNOWN TO BE LOGOGRAM.LATER THEY BEGAN TO USE PHONETIC WRITING( CUNEIFORM --- USED BY BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIAMS).EGYPTIANS:EGYTPIANS USED HIEROGLYPHS. HIEROGLYPHS IS KNOWN TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST WRITING SYSTEMS. THEY ALSO USED CURSIVE HIEROGLYPHS IPA PHONETIC WRITING SYSTEM IN PAPYRUS FOR GODLY REPRESENTATION.
Egypt used hieroglyphics, Mesopotamia used cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Because that was the writing system that they invented.
The Egyptian writing system is very complex. It uses symbols, signs, and possibly pictures of plants and animals.
Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphics.
yes it is, it was considered the "formal" way of writing
Hieroglyphics
egyptian
They used a system that we know as Hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs are pictographs that correspond the sound of the first syllable of the thing being depicted. Phoenician cuneiform writing uses abstract symbols to correspond with spoken sounds. The latter evolved into the Greek alphabet, then the Roman alphabet, and then into the modern Western alphabet.