was called cuneiform and consisted of pictures that represented letters. It was written on clay tablets with a tool called a stylus. Hieroglyphics (sacred inscriptions) were pictures that represented letters and words or sounds. It was written on papyrus using inks and pens‚ made out of plants that contained ink inside of them. Both of these forms of writing were used to keep records‚ document different buildings and structures. In the Mesopotamian and
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by the Spartans who (as early as 400 BC) employed a cipher device called a "scytale" to send secret communications between military commanders (Pell‚ 2004). Messages were written down the length of the staff‚ and the papyrus was unwrapped. In order to read the message‚ the papyrus had to be wrapped around a staff of equal diameter. Without the right staff‚ it would be difficult to decode the message using the techniques available at that time. In the famous Greek drama the ’Iliad ’‚ cryptography
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1.Timeline of Ancient Egyptian civilization: c. 5000 BC: The coming of farming to the Nile Valley c. 3500-3000: The Pre-dynastic period‚ leading to the unification of Egypt c. 2650: The beginning of the Old Kingdom c.2575-2465: The Great Pyramids of Giza built c. 2150: The fall of the Old Kingdom leads to the 1st Intermediate period begins 2074: The Middle Kingdom begins; Egypt is united and powerful again 1759: The fall of the Middle Kingdom leads to the 2nd Intermediate period
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Chinese cultural revolution[edit] The poster "Revolution promotes production"‚ created by He Shuxui‚ celebrates traditional ceramic painting techniques. A plaque in the background commemorates a group of ceramic workers as an outstanding productive unit‚ 1974.[104] A worker named Wang Qing Cang created the poster "The three countries of Indo Zhina (Lao‚ Cambodia‚ Vietnam) will win!". On the upper left side‚ it says "Enemies are getting sicker and sicker every day‚ and we are getting better and
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advantages which allowed the ancient people to farm‚ have a reliable water source‚ like irrigation systems which brought water to crops and a way trade. In the Nile river valley people cultivated wheat and barley and along the banks people harvested papyrus using it to make paper‚ baskets‚ sandals‚ and plenty of other important necessities. Covering the river bank was silt‚ which is a very fine grain of dirt deposited by a moving body of water. The river delta‚ which was the end of a river where the
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When analyzing early civilizations it is evident that they are connected by many similarities. During the time period of 600 BCE to 600 CE the Middle East‚ China and Africa all shared some of the same qualities. These three early civilizations made advancements that have shaped what we have grown into in our time period Religiously China and Africa were polytheistic‚ but the Middle East was monotheistic. China and Africa both believed in many gods. The Egyptians believed in life after death and
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mailboxes and the buses we ride. Advertising to us today surrounds our everyday life so much that it almost blends into our environment. The objective of advertisers is to make sure it doesn’t! Advertising dates back all the way to the Egyptians‚ using papyrus to make sales messages and wall posters. From then on to the middle ages advertising grew but used mostly images so people who could not read could also understand and be swayed by the ads. As education became more apparent and printing was developed
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I. What is Cryptography? Do you have a message which is so confidential that you need to send to a certain person but you’re afraid that somebody might read it? Well you better study about CRYPTOGRAPHY. But first what is cryptography? Cryptography is the study of hiding readable messages (plaintext) into a non-readable form (ciphertext). Based on my other source Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties. To make it simple‚ Cryptography
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nilometer is a type of notification or alert giving you a signal that it is coming. There are two useful things that a flood provides are water for bathing and cooking. It also brings water to irrigate crops and sailing ships from port to port. Papyrus was used for everything along the shores and or banks. Another topic I have learned about were pyramids. The very first pyramid was built 5‚000 years ago. They were so big that
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outstretched wings enclose the hieroglyphs for “King of upper and lower Egypt” followed by shen the sign for infinity. A cartouche of the king is at the end of each wing on either side of the chair. And the seat was initially intertwined by lily and papyrus plants which symbolise the unification of the two countries.
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