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it began in Egypt and

It began in Egypt and the Egyptian writing called hieroglyphics used pictures to represent different objects, actions, sound or ideas. There were more than 700 hieroglyphs. Some pictures stood for whole words.

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Q: Did writing begin in Egypt or Mesopotamia?
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