Which civilization gave us hieroglyphics

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The ancient Egyptians. The hieroglyphic are pictographs, where each picture corresponds to an image as well as a sound (consonant) in the spoken language.

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Which civilization gave us the hieroglyphics?

Egyptians

What civilization developed hieroglyphics?

The correct answer is ancient Egypt

Which civilization was the first to develop a system of hieroglyphics?

The Mesopotamians

Hieroglyphics is a type of writing from the civilization of?

Ancient Egypt.

Which civilization gave us the Phoenician alphabet?

The Phoenician civilisation.

What civilization created a system of writing called hieroglyphics?

Egyptians

What early American civilization created its own system of hieroglyphics?

The Mayans.

Which civilization used hieroglyphics olmec Maya Aztec or Inca?

aztec

Why did the Chinese use hieroglyphics?

No, but they used something similar to it though.

Who did the Egyptian hieroglyphics came to be?

The hieroglyphic characters (or some of them) were adopted by ancient Semites, who passed them on to the Phoenicians, who gave them to the Greeks, who gave them to the Romans, who gave them to us. Over the millennia they have changed shape but it is possible to trace their descent.

What period of Maya civilization wer there hieroglyphics developed?

I don't think the Mayans ever used them. I think that they used another language very similar to hieroglyphics.

What ancient civilization in Latin America used hieroglyphics to record the history of their kings?

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