Ch 3 Writing Flashcards
Who was one of the earliest people to use writing?
Egyptians
Hieroglyphs
Writing of the Egyptians that used pictures.
What did the Egyptians write on?
Stone tablets
Why were stone tablets not the best to write on?
They were heavy, it took a long time, and they took up a lot of room.
In the country of Sumer they had better ways of writing what did they do?
They wrote on wet clay and let them dry.
Where was Sumer located?
In the fertile crescent between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. A place called Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia means.
Between two rivers.
What type of writing did the Sumerians use?
Cuneiform. A wedge type writing.
Before long the Egyptians learned to make __________ to write on.
Paper and ink.
Papyrus
Paper made from mashed reeds.
Why do we not know much about the Egyptians after they started using paper?
The paper was destroyed much easier than the stone tablets.
