how 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.
They developed a writing system.
They developed a writing system.
cuneiform but farther back, pictographs
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.
No, hieroglyphics and cuneiform are not the same thing. Hieroglyphics is the writing system used by ancient Egyptians, characterized by pictorial symbols, while cuneiform is the writing system used by ancient Mesopotamians, characterized by wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.
yes it is, it was considered the "formal" way of writing
Hieroglyphics
egyptian