1. Omg LOL brb afk rofl ftw g2g 2maro k 1. Where would you see these?
2. What makes them different from normal writing?
3. Why do we use these instead of writing complete words or sentences?
4. What are some advantages to using this type of communication?
5. Are there any symbols in our society that represent words or phrases?

2. Early Egypt 12,000 BC – People move into the area
6000 BC – Farming develops
3800 BC
Mining copper (jewelry, tools)
Discover bronze
Glaze pottery
3000 BC – Writing emerges

3. Writing Hieroglyphics 600 signs, pictures, or symbols
Represent words AND sounds
Initially carved in stone, but too laborious

4. Writing Paper Ink Hieroglyphics → Created from papyrus plant
Soot, water, and plant juice (mixed together)
Hieroglyphics →

5. Demotic

6. Demotic

9. Rosetta Stone Found by French soldiers in AD 1799 Carved in 196 BC
Hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek

11. Division of the Nile Over time, two distinct kingdoms formed
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt

12. Unification c. 3200 BC, Menes united Egypt
Established a dynasty (family of rulers)
Gained new territory
Improved irrigation and trade

13. Ruling Egypt
Dynastic rulers were regarded as both religious and political leaders
People regarded them as gods
Built large temples and tombs to honor them
Later, rulers took the title Pharaoh=“great house”
Held absolute, unlimited power
Served as judges, high priests, and generals of the armies