Around 3100 B.C. a number of inventions
from the Sumerians had reached Egypt; the cylinder seal, architectural designs
of brick, decorative design motifs, and the fundamentals of writing. The
Egyptians evolved a complex writing based on pictographs, called hieroglyphics
(Greek for “sacred carving” after the Egyptian for “the god’s words”).
from the Sumerians had reached Egypt; the cylinder seal, architectural designs
of brick, decorative design motifs, and the fundamentals of writing. The
Egyptians evolved a complex writing based on pictographs, called hieroglyphics
(Greek for “sacred carving” after the Egyptian for “the god’s words”).
The
Egyptians writing forms the basis of other civilisations and writing that
developed in the Middle East. Egypt
civilisations produce hieroglyphics. The second civilization to develop writing, shortly after the
Sumerians, is Egypt. The Egyptian characters are much more directly pictorial
in kind than the Sumerian, but the system of suggesting objects and concepts is
similar. The Egyptian characters are called hieroglyphs by the Greeks in about
500 BC, because by that time this form of writing is reserved for holy texts; hieros
and glypho mean ‘sacred’ and ‘engrave’ in Greek.
Egyptians writing forms the basis of other civilisations and writing that
developed in the Middle East. Egypt
civilisations produce hieroglyphics. The second civilization to develop writing, shortly after the
Sumerians, is Egypt. The Egyptian characters are much more directly pictorial
in kind than the Sumerian, but the system of suggesting objects and concepts is
similar. The Egyptian characters are called hieroglyphs by the Greeks in about
500 BC, because by that time this form of writing is reserved for holy texts; hieros
and glypho mean ‘sacred’ and ‘engrave’ in Greek.
