HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Indus River, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Hindu Kush
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Calendar (solar, it was inaccurate only by 6. Helped keep track of time between floods for. Helped skillful engineers, and architects, hours. ) the planting season. geometry to survey flood boundaries. make accurate measures. Medicine, the skill of checking heart rate and. Curing wounds, and treating medical to set broken bones conditions. Rosetta stone- discovered in 1799, it is an important tool for understanding egyptian hieroglyphics. It contains a text written in two forms of hieroglyphics, including a simpler one, and in ancient greek. Due to understanding of greek, egyptian writing was deciphered, giving us an understanding of hieroglyphics, and allowing us to translate them. Cuneiform and hieroglyphics held many differences and similarities: Similarities: key to the growth of civilization; picture stood for an idea; used stone and clay. Differences: pictures came to stand for sounds in hieroglyphics; later used papyrus reeds.
