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    Hieroglyphics were a big part of the Egyptian society. They were symbols that represented ideas‚ phrases‚ sounds‚ or objects. There were over 700 picture symbols in Hieroglyphics. The word itself translates to “holy carving” because when they were first used it was only for mainly religious carvings. Later on‚ scribes used them to record important events‚ write royal documents‚ even primary calculations‚ such as the depth of the Nile on a certain day of the year. The Egyptians carved hieroglyphics

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    A numeral is a word class (part of speech) designating numbers or related to specifying quantities and any other countable divisions. All numerals are divided into cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers. Cardinal numbers indicate number‚ quantity or amount and are used in counting. 0 | Zero (nought) | 10 | Ten | | | 1 | One | 11 | Eleven | | | 2 | Two | 12 | Tvelve | 20 | Twenty | 3 | Three | 13 | Thirteen | 30 | Thirty | 4 | Four | 14 | Fourteen | 40 | Forty (no "u") | 5 | Five |

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    The invention of writing was an important part of the development of Sumer and Egypt. There are many similarities and differences to the writings of each of these civilizations. The Sumerians developed a writing called cuneiform. Cuneiform is the oldest written language in existence. Each picture represents a living or nonliving thing. Cuneiform was written on clay tablets with a wedge-shaped instrument called a stylus. Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was the first person to decipher the meanings of

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    A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a writing system for expressing numbers‚ that is‚ a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set‚ using digits or other symbols in a consistent manner. It can be seen as the context that allows the symbols "11" to be interpreted as the binary symbol for three‚ the decimal symbol for eleven‚ or a symbol for other numbers in different bases. Ideally‚ a numeral system will: * Represent a useful set of numbers (e.g. all integers‚ or

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    Introduction-The history and beginning of Egyptian Hieroglyphic The Egyptian Hieroglyphic started off as a writing system of ancient Egypt that consisted of 500 common signs known as hieroglyphic. The word "hieroglyphic "originates from 2 Greek words meaning "sacred carving". This is because the earlier Egyptian writing was craved on stones. Each sign in the system is a hieroglyph and the entire system is called hieroglyphic. This particular hieroglyphic writing system has used more than 600 symbols

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    Hieroglyphics are among the first of written records that we can study today. In its most general form‚ hieroglyphic writing is a system that utilizes characters in the form of pictures. Each hieroglyphs‚ may be read either as an image‚ or as symbols for sounds. The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek word for sacred carving. The word hieroglyph has been applied to the scripts of the Indus civilization and of the Hittites‚ who also possessed other scripts‚ in addition to the Mayan‚ the Incan‚ and

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    But what if it was never discovered? We would’ve never cracked the code of Hieroglyphics‚ therefore we wouldn’t have any knowledge of Egyptian life at all. Imagine how history could’ve changed if we never found it. Hieroglyphics was the key find that came out of the Rosetta Stone‚ because it led to so many other discoveries after we cracked the code of it. We used the Greek written onto the stone to decipher the Hieroglyphics. Champollion was the one who decoded them‚ and it made it even more exciting

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    Hieroglyphics and paleolithic cave paintings have a lot of similarities to each other but they also have many differences as well. Hieroglyphics were developed by a more sophisticated society‚ the Egyptians and then later adopted by other cultures. Cave paintings were simplistic and the earliest form of written communication. Both were used to tell stories and show what life was like during the respective periods. Cave paintings used pictures but no words‚ whereas hieroglyphics used words or symbols

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    Heroglyphics is a form of writing pictures symbols reprsented and sounds. The word hieroglyphics comes from two greek words that mean sacred carving. Hieroglyphics usually refers to the writing of ancient Egypt. However‚ forms of picture writing were used in other ancient cultures as well such as the Hittites. Hieroglyphic writing was used by the ancient Egyptian people for more than 3‚000 years. They used hieroglyphic writing primarily for religious inscriptions on temples and stone monuments. Also

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    • Hamming codes Switching Theory and Logic Design HISTORY OF THE NUMERAL SYSTEMS: A numeral system (or system of numeration) is a linguistic system and mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set by symbols in a consistent manner. For example‚ It allows the numeral "11" to be interpreted as the binary numeral for three‚ the decimal numeral for eleven‚ or other numbers in different bases. Ideally‚ a numeral system will: • Represent a useful set of numbers (e.g. all whole numbers

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