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Detailed explanation-1: -Pictography is a form of writing which uses representational, pictorial drawings, similarly to cuneiform and, to some extent, hieroglyphic writing, which also uses drawings as phonetic letters or determinative rhymes. Some pictograms, such as Hazards pictograms, are elements of formal languages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Egyptian and Mesopotamian pictograms date from about 3000 B.C.; pictograms in China (an independent development) have been dated at about 1500 B.C. Pictograms slowly became conventionalized, and developed into ideographic writing systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pictographs: The first known writing system is the concept of pictographs. Pictographs are basically drawings that represent a physical object and are used to communicate ideas. They originated in around 9000 BC in cultures everywhere, including ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.