WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Egyptian writing called ____, used symbols to represent objects, concepts, or sounds.
A
Hatshepsut
B
Hieroglyphics
C
Sargon
D
Cuneiform
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -hieroglyphic writing, system that employs characters in the form of pictures. Those individual signs, called hieroglyphs, may be read either as pictures, as symbols for objects, or as symbols for sounds.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Symbols for Egypt usually relate to Religion and daily life, death, and love, power, and weakness this symbols such as the key of life Ankh, The Lotus flower n soul and spirit The Ka and Ba.

Detailed explanation-3: -(Hieroglyph means “sacred carved writing.") They were also written with pen and colored ink on sheets of papyrus. In addition to the glyphs representing sounds (called phonograms), there were a small number that represent entire words or concepts (ideograms).

Detailed explanation-4: -A-Vulture-Alphabet Symbol. B-Foot-Alphabet Symbol. D-Hand-Alphabet Symbol. F-Horned viper-Alphabet. G-Stand-Alphabet Symbol. H-Twist of Flax-Alphabet. I-Reed-Alphabet Symbol. J-Snake-Alphabet Symbol. More items

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