Why Did Scribes Use Hieroglyphics?

Scribes followed pharaohs and officials to keep track of everything important they say or do
They used hieroglyphics to record important event and sometimes
They also recorded events and wrote poems and stories
Scribes recorded things that happened in their everyday life
They kept track of food supply, calculated taxes, recorded court cases, and wrote up contracts

Hieroglyphics were also used in schools, in the army, in temples, in tombs, and in fields
In schools, they used it for children to learn how write and to record information correctly, they had also had to read well. That is how they learned become scribes
In the army, they sent messages back and forth to communicate with each other
In fields, scribes counted animals and crops
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