Professional writers are called scribes, but who they were depended on on what times you are asking about and where. In ancient Egypt, the scribes were important people who were held in high esteem. In ancient Rome, many scribes were slaves. In medieval Europe, most scribes were monks or nuns, but some were commercial writers for hire or private secretaries of rich people.
A small group of officials, doctors, priests, and craftsmen.
most of people were farmers because not many of the ancient Chinese could read or write
It's a scribe.
Write it? No, not often, the great poets and story tellers wrote down the myths they knew so there is a record of sorts of the myths that people spoke of among each other in ancient times.
There were things called Royal Scribes that were the pharoah's personal scribe (if they were the top royal scribe;there were many). But there were also many scribes that had nothing to do with the government of Ancient Egypt.
Since population was not counted in ancient time historians can only guess. There are several factors involved. People didn't write at first, nor keep records. The first census was done in 1086, the Doomsday book,when William counted the people of England, the livestock, and broke it down further.
People who could write in ancient Rome we called either a scriptor, an auctor, or a scriba. A scriba connoted a professional writer.
Some wealthy people could read and write ancient Hebrew, and some couldn't. Just as some non-wealthy people could read and write ancient Hebrew, and some couldn't.Unlike other cultures of the time, literacy was high among ancient Hebrew males.
In ancient Egypt only the scribes learnt to read and write!
They were the first people to write the alphabet. The Ancient Greek's
most of people were farmers because not many of the ancient Chinese could read or write
people use to write letters and give to postmans or in more ancient days they would write carvings on stones.
Scribes were the people trained to read and write
Many if skilled would be classed as scribes
so they could write letters to each other and to educate people
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
A person who could write in Ancient Egypt was called a scribe. I'm not kidding you.- WikiAnswers.com
they used scribes to write their messages and then had somebody else run it over to the other person.