The Egyptian writing system, known as hieroglyphics, was
a. a wedged shaped writing system formed with a reed stylus.
b. a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, and eyes represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words.
c. the world's first writing system.
d. not forbidden by priests to be used in pyramid texts.
e. used exclusively to record business transactions.
b
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a. Drink hemlock. b. Exiled from Athens. c. Apologize or face prison. d. Sacrificed to the gods. e. Slave work in the silver mines.
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A) the market revolution B) the American Revolution C) the Civil War D) the transportation revolution
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