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History of Writing

Across
The first writing platform used were ---
The Chinese used these to communicate with their ancestors to get information about future events.
The creation or invention that separates pre-history from history is ----
A person who was paid to read and write to keep track of records.
Whether a form of writing uses letters or characters, all writing is simply symbols for sounds, things, or ideas.
When archaeologists uncovered this rock with carvings in Greek and forms of Egyptian writing, they re-discovered how to read Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Writing lets people share ideas across ---
Scientists call the period of time AFTER people learn to write ----
Writing has developed over time. Now, it is the best way for people to ------- and keep it for thousands of years.
Formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians.
This culture's original written language was lost because they began to use the Greek Alphabet instead of their own.
Down
The civilization that is known for the first form of writing is ---
Writing can be a powerful tool for ---
The tool scribes used to write, sort of like today's pencil.
The first forms of writing were used to keep track of ---
He created the Cherokee Alphabet after noticing that American soldiers could write their own names and send letters to their loved ones.
Picture writing
Cuneiform is a Latin word for ---it was named because of the way some of the lines in the writing were shaped.
Sumer (Mesopotamia) is the country now known as ---
Mayan writing was heavily tied to their ----. Priests wrote most, if not all, of their books.
The modern American alphabet is an adaptation of the ---Alphabet.
The first form of writing is known as ---