Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 Homework: • Left Side #10 • Egypt Test Wednesday Do Now: Define: • Hieorglyphs • Papyrus • Pharoah 1 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 Hieroglyphics Page 10 2 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 A. A New System of Writingpg. 93 1. What is it? 2. Purpose? 3 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 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 4 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 B. Writing Materialspg. 93 1. What did the Egyptians write on? 2. What was their writing material made from? http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/D806030DBABD4508950EEA53 5 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/D806030DBABD4508950E EA53A26E9657 6 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 B. Writing Materials 1. The Egyptians used papyrusan early form of paper 2. Papyrus was made from reed plants found in the delta region 7 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 C. Unlocking a Mystery: The Rosetta Stonepg. 94 1. What was the Rosetta Stone? 2. How did it help us understand hieroglyphs? 8 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 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 9 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 10 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 11 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 Rosetta Stone <Hieroglyphs < Demotic < Greek 12 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 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 13 Hieroglyphics.notebook February 23, 2015 Exit Question: • Why is having a form of writing so important to a civilization? 14
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