HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
Question
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pictures that represent words or ideas
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pictographs
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hieroglyphics
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cuneiform
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sanskrit
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They can overlap with illustrations and they can overlap with icons, but essentially, a pictogram is a drawing or an image that represents an idea in a simple or literal way.
Detailed explanation-2: -An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek idéa “idea” and gráphō “to write") is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases.
Detailed explanation-3: -That writing system, invented by the Sumerians, emerged in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE. At first, this writing was representational: a bull might be represented by a picture of a bull, and a pictograph of barley signified the word barley.
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