Hieroglyphics

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Homework:
• Left Side #10
• Egypt Test Wednesday
Do Now: Define:
• Hieorglyphs
• Papyrus
• Pharoah
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Hieroglyphics
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A. A New System of Writing­­pg. 93
1. What is it?
2. Purpose?
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A. A New System of Writing­­pg. 93
1. Hieroglyphs­­pictures that represent things, ideas and sounds
2. Invented as a way to keep track of kingdom's growing wealth
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B. Writing Materials­­pg. 93
1. What did the Egyptians write on?
2. What was their writing material made from?
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B. Writing Materials
1. The Egyptians used papyrus­­an early form of paper
2. Papyrus was made from reed plants found in the delta region
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C. Unlocking a Mystery: The Rosetta Stone­­pg. 94
1. What was the Rosetta Stone?
2. How did it help us understand hieroglyphs?
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C. Unlocking a Mystery: The Rosetta Stone
1. Large black stone that
contained 3 different kinds of writing­­ Demotic, Hieroglyphs and Greek.
2. Historians used Greek to translate hieroglyphics
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Rosetta Stone
<­Hieroglyphs
<­ Demotic
<­ Greek
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Hieroglyphics
700 pictographs
Papyrus
Egyptians
3100 B.C.
Symbols for sounds
Scribes
Sumerians
3100 B.C.
Thousands of symbols
Symbols for objects
Writing system
Developed to keep records
clay tablets
Cuneiform
Phoenicians
2000 B.C.
22 letters
Alphabet
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Exit Question:
• Why is having a form of writing so important to a civilization? 14