Hieroglyphics
it was their form of writing. it allowed them to keep records,preserve stories write contracts record genealogies
Very few people knew how to write in this time in history. No one knew how to read and it will be many centuries before the printing press is invented. So, writing didn't aid in expansion of trade. Trade was mainly the result of people connecting to others through war or need.
on scrolls and in hieroglyphics
To communicate and to keep records.
The Sumerians used a writing system called cuneiform to keep records..
Ancient Egyptians
To keep track of records, the Maya used astronomy.
Ancient Egyptians
to keep records. writing was called cuneiform.
To keep records.
To communicate and keep records.
I would think they are allowed to keep them for as long as they wanted to. Whether they are required to keep them or, not is another issue, that I do not have the answer for.