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19 Jan Large group discussion: Writing and writing sources. Writing started around 3200 BC Early idea is that it was adopted from other languages however we've now discovered that it developed independently A large state begins to form Writing is associated with the state. They didn't get the idea from others in Mesopotamia Why Differences between the two, different styles, different scripts Phonetic, Slavic, pictographs, symbolic Pictograph: you look at it and recognize it regardless if you know the script Symbol doesn't have to depict what it represents Logogram: something that depicts an idea rather than a sound When does writing arise We know how writing came about in Mesopotamia, but how in Egypt What are the earlists examples of Egyptian writing Royal labels, royal seals Wi