Hieroglyphics.
the earliest or oldest known system of writing is Cuneiform.
The Maya
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the earliest or oldest known system of writing is Cuneiform.
The oldest form of writing was with pictures
Chinese writing developed from a system of logographs, where each character represents a word or a meaningful unit of meaning. The Chinese writing system is one of the oldest in the world and has influenced many other East Asian writing systems. It is composed of thousands of characters, each with its own unique pronunciation and meaning.
The oldest piece of writing is the "Epic of Gilgamesh'.
The oldest form of writing known to man is Cuneiform used in Mesopatamia.
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.
The oldest continuously written language is either Chinese or Greek, both being about 3500 years old. -- Chinese writing has been traced back to ~1200 BC. Greek writing to ~1425 BC. The oldest writing system however is the cuneiform script which emerged in the Sumerian civilization around ~3200 BC.
Probably a form of Chinese writing.
Ayurvedic medicine is the oldest surviving healing system