Evolution of Communication Writing TIME LINE I Cuneiform

Evolution of Communication Writing

TIME LINE I. Cuneiform in Mesopotamia: from 3100 BC II. Hieroglyphs and papyrus in Egypt: from 3000 BC III. The seals of the Indus valley: from 2500 BC IV. Chinese Characters: from 1600 BC V. Phonetics and the Alphabet: 15 th century BC

CUNEIFORM IN MESOPOTAMI A Cuneiform This form of pictorial communication was deciphered by modern humans into believing that it emerged as a script when the clay slabs started representing complex texts from simpler pictograms. http: //www. mesopotamia. co. uk/writing/home_set. html

HIEROGLYPHS AND PAPYRUS IN EGYPT • Papyrus was the type of paper that ancient Egyptians used to inscribe the greek script. Hieroglyphs. http: //www. penn. museum/sites/egypt/writing. shtml

Mystery of Indus Valley • This script has been one of the toughest puzzles to crack for modern humans. Lack of Linguistics and pictorial presentations make it extremely difficult to decipher. www. ancientscripts. com/indus. html

Chinese Script 1600 BC • The Chinese script is another example of the use of pictograms. These pictograms were initially used to show ownership or provenance of the pottery and jades. http: //www. ancientscripts. com/chinese. html

PHONETICS AND THE ALPHABET • The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

“Thats all folks”