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Hieroglyphics and Cuneiform

Conor Kelly and Ryan Genovese
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Cuneiform

  • Thought to be first created in Sumer
  • Each word represents an exact thing or sound
  • Written on clay tablets
  • General term for any writing made of wedges
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Babylonian Alphabet

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Hieroglyphics

  • Developed around 3300-3200 BCE
  • It was written on a type pf paper called papyrus
  • Had an alphabet, each letter represented a sound.
  • Had symbols to define certain words
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Conor Kelly