Writing Systems
Cuneiform
Sumerian / Mesopotamia
Wedge shapes pressed into clay tablets, oldest known writing system. |
Write Your Name in Cuneiform
http://www.penn.museum/sites/iraq/?p=958 Write in Cuneiform http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html |
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Invented papyrus paper
Rossetta Stone - had both Egyptian and Greek writning. This allowed historians and archeologist to finally learn how to read Egyptian writting. Book of the Dead - directions for the afterlife. |
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/interactive_fs.asp?swfpath=history/egypt/hieroglyphs.swf Make a Cartouche http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html Write Your Name in Hieroglyphics http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieroglyphs/hiero-translator.htm |
Sanskrit
Hebrew
The language of the ancient Israelites.
Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament |
Chinese Characters
Phoenician Alphabet
Latin
Language used by the Roman. It was developed from the Greek alphabet.
Latin words are the basis for medical and scientific words. |
Mayan Hieroglyphics
First writing system in the Americas.
Used hieroglyphics. The Mayan Codex was the first book written in the Americas. |
Mayan Writing
http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/mkwrite.htm How to Read Mayan http://www.jaguarstones.com/Glyphs.html |
Arabic
Laguage of the Koran
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