Writing Systems
Writing & Literature Vocabulary List
Cuneiform Sumerian / Mesopotamia Wedge shapes pressed into clay tablets, oldest known writing system. Sanskrit Ancient India Hebrew The language of the ancient Israelites. Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Arabic |
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. Chinese Characters Bamboo - papermaking Woodblock printing Mayan First writing system in the Americas. Used hieroglyphics. The Mayan Codex was the first book written in the Americas. |
Phoenician Alphabet
First alphabet developed. Used letters to stand for sounds not objects. Phoenicians were sailors and trades. This is how they spread their alphabet. Greek Alphabet
Influenced by the 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. Websites 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 Write in Other Languages Online Activities http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/hebrew.htm Mayan Writing http://www.mayankids.com/mmkpeople/mkwrite.htm How to Read Mayan http://www.jaguarstones.com/Glyphs.html Write Your Name in Cuneiform http://www.penn.museum/sites/iraq/?p=958 Write in Cuneiform http://www.event12.com/babylonian/index.html Pictures as Words Game http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/picturesaswords/index.html |