HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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Question
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This is done by scribes to make records and work for the King.
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public works
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art & architecture
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social order
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written language
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Late Egyptian was used when scribes wanted to present an approximation of the spoken language, in letters, legal documents, accounts, and some literature. It could be written in Hieroglyphs, but most often it was written in Hieratic on papyri and ostraca.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scribes were people who knew how to write, who helped prepare the seals, and perhaps wrote on other materials that have not survived. Historians had to rely completely on the copies of the manuscripts made by the scribes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Monastic scribes. Female scribes. Town scribe.
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