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History of Writing

The history of writing is the method of expressing language through letters and markings. The earliest writing dates back to ancient Mesopotamia and Mesoamerica. There are debates whether the development of writing originated in China or Egypt.

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What origin did Zeus' name come from?

Zeus was the son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea.

according to roman mythology, Zeus' counterpart Jupiter was the son of Saturn

Are there any websites for writing songs and lyrics?

If you want to write songs and lyrics then you should use a pen and paper to put your ideas down onto it or use Word Perfect :) Think of what you want to write about then jot down notes

Examples of filipino poetry?

An example of a Filipino narrative poetry is one written by Jose Corazon de Jesus, entitled Ang Pagbabalik. He was also known as Huseng Batute.

What is a example of cause and effect?

EFFECT CAUSE

Sally failed the test / beacause she didn't study.

How to write a bibliography?

Here's an example:

Hitchcock, S., Carr, L. & Hill, W . 1996, A survey of STM online journals 11990-95: The calm before the sotrm( Online ), available from: URL

(the website) (date accessed)

Why is compulsory education important?

Compulsory education is a requirement under law that children be provided be educated for some period of time.

There is a link below to an article on compulsory education.

Which other undesirable group were persecuted by the Nazis?

If you mean other than the main six or seven groups that are always mentioned; young people who listened to American music, people who supported him before he went to prison, but no longer agreed with him, paedophiles, habitual criminals to name some.

How are the Salem witch trials important to the history of literature?

The events in Salem, MA, of 1692 offer little significance to the history of literature. The trials are important, however, as a window into myriad social distresses. The powerlessness of young, unmarried women, land disputes, and the theocratic government of the time all came together to create ghastly injustice. Arthur Miller, the playwright of The Crucible, which is about the Salem Witch Trials, considered the events uniquely rooted in basic plot structure; a beginning, middle, and end were self-evident. Other than this insight, no literary value can be vouched for.

Example of spatial description?

In

over

between

beside

beneath

near

above

around

facing

outside

What does Tiresias have to do to talk to Odysseus?

Odysseus decided to talk with Tiresias, so he and his men journeyed to the River Acheron in Hades, where they performed sacrifices which allowed them to speak to the dead. Odysseus sacrificed a ram, attracting the dead spirits to the blood. He held them at bay and demanded to speak with Tiresias, who told him how to pass by Helios's cattle and the whirlpool Charybdis.

What is a plan or method for spreading beliefs or opinions is called?

The use of propaganda is a method to spread or promote ideas, beliefs, and opinions to further one's own cause or to damage an opposing cause.

Ancient form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols?

It is called Hieroglyphics the individual characters hieroglyphs. The symbols mainly stand for sounds like the Roman letters we use today. It was this discovery along with the Rosetta stone with an identical text in Greek which allowed the Frenchman Jean Francois Champolion (1790-1832) to unlock the mystery. Using his knowledge of Coptic he was able not only to deduce the meanings of the hieroglyphs but work out the structure of Ancient Egyptian grammar.

When did writing develop?

Between 1,500 B.C. and 1,400 B.C., during the Shang Dynasty.

What are main topics?

the thing an author wants the reader to focus on -the topic or main point and what is it about

How was writing used in ancient Egypt?

writing in acient Egypt was called hyroglifics, only special people knew how to write, these people were called scribes, they were usiualy a kings son. scribes would record everything that went on on a peaice of clay then let it dry.

Why was writing important to mesopotamia?

In oral cultures, the information and the history of any event were subject to change, depending on who was telling the story; thus, the personality or popularity of the story-teller could affect how the events were understood. When writing came along, it provided one official way to tell a story, with an agreed-upon set of facts; whether in a scripture or a legal document, the event was preserved and available to be studied at any time.

Writing also provided something that could be passed on to the next generation in a form that was stable, making it possible for future generations to know exactly what their ancestors thought. In cultures like Mesopotamia, writing helped to bind the culture together in one shared way of telling the story. People who had mastered literacy could read it for themselves, or for those who could not, it could be read to them by public readers.