Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics as their alphabet.
The advantages of a phonetic alphabet has is that it was less complicated to read and understand. Writings such as Chinese or hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt have thousands of different symbols that can be easily confused with others.
The letter in the Phonecian alphabet were the base upon which the Greek alphabet was built. From the greek alphabet, the roman alphabet was formed. The ancient roman alphabet are the letters used in Latin, and all of the Romance languages (English, Frensh, Spanish, Italian, ect.) '
Although hieroglyphics were used as a form of writing, they were different from the alphabet because they were pictographs (picture images that represented different thoughts and concepts), rather that characters that are combined to communicate representative ideas.
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Ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics as their alphabet.
Hieroglyphics were the Ancient Egyptian's system of writing, like we have the alphabet, so a Pharaoh wouldn't have had a problem writing in hieroglyphics, as these were the symbols that the Ancient Egyptians had learnt to write with.
The Western alphabets, including English, evolved thusly: Hieroglyphics > Phoenician > Greek > Latin
The advantages of a phonetic alphabet has is that it was less complicated to read and understand. Writings such as Chinese or hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt have thousands of different symbols that can be easily confused with others.
Hieroglyphics were used in ancient Egypt as a writing system to record important religious, political, and historical information. They were commonly used on temples, tombs, and official documents to convey messages through intricate symbols and images.
The letter in the Phonecian alphabet were the base upon which the Greek alphabet was built. From the greek alphabet, the roman alphabet was formed. The ancient roman alphabet are the letters used in Latin, and all of the Romance languages (English, Frensh, Spanish, Italian, ect.) '
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Hieroglyphics were used for secret codes or for privacy in writing. Only the Egyptian people can decipher hieroglyphs in the ancient time.
Although hieroglyphics were used as a form of writing, they were different from the alphabet because they were pictographs (picture images that represented different thoughts and concepts), rather that characters that are combined to communicate representative ideas.
Their main influence was by trade. However they did export cultural influences such as the Phoenician alphabet which was the basis of effectife writing which was passed on through Greek and Roman hands to form the basis of our English alphabet and written communications today.