ancient Chinese writng is a bunch of lines to make words
The Chinese system of writing basically consists of pictographs. Each pictograph stands for a word, with symbols being combined to form whole sentences.
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There was no zero in ancient Chinese numerals. The ancient Chinese number system was not a positional system, so there was no need for a zero.
After the downfall of the Mycenaeans, the writing system of Greece died. The lack of writing is why this is called the Dark Ages.
Crete was part of Ancient Greece. The Cretian writing system was called Cypriot syllabary. This was a local type of Greek writing.
The Chinese system of writing was difficult to learn because it used a complex system of symbols. The Kanji of the Asian languages are difficult to master because one must learn the strokes and their order to execute it properly.
Chinese characters are logographic (representing ideas instead of sounds) whereas hieroglyphic symbols represent consonants as well as general concepts (called determiners). Furthermore, Chinese characters are "stylized" and for the most part do not look like their original pictures, whereas hieroglyphics retained the clear shapes of the images they originally represented. Cuneiform characters represent the sounds of syllables only and are similar to Japanese kana.
Chinese writing was more complex and people could actually figure out the language,while people could
The Chinese use logograms - where a symbol represents a meaning or a word.
Shang developed system of writing by using pictographs.
There was no zero in ancient Chinese numerals. The ancient Chinese number system was not a positional system, so there was no need for a zero.
The principle advantage is that being a symbolic system, it can be used for different languages and languages of different eras; a modern Chinese person can read ancient Chinese writing from thousands of years ago. Compare that with English; only an expert could read beowolf or Chaucer.
Meroitic writing
that only the chinese understended their language
After the downfall of the Mycenaeans, the writing system of Greece died. The lack of writing is why this is called the Dark Ages.
After the downfall of the Mycenaeans, the writing system of Greece died. The lack of writing is why this is called the Dark Ages.
After the downfall of the Mycenaeans, the writing system of Greece died. The lack of writing is why this is called the Dark Ages.
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Crete was part of Ancient Greece. The Cretian writing system was called Cypriot syllabary. This was a local type of Greek writing.