A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East was
a. cuneiform
b. ma'at
c. hieroglyphics.
d. papyrus
e. script
ANSWER:
d
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