Writing system

Following our in-depth study into writing systems in our First Year Seminar class as well as the ways in which writing systems have served their time period, our group collectively created a writing system named Gibba Jabber. Our writing system intends to serve the modern-day society, the 21st century. The 21st century is a century where written communication takes precedent over verbal communication. In other words, texting has replaced the need of phone calls due to the advancement of texting, which has allowed emotions, ideologies and sentences to be conveyed in such fewer words with the help of emoticons. After analyzing modern-day society and its dependence on social media mediums such as twitter and instagram, we came to the understanding…

How, when and why did writing arise in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Anatolia, and how was this process similar and different in these three regions? The writings left by ancient civilisations allowed archaeologists to discover the history and linguists to learn ancient languages. However, the writings used in the past, and still used now, were a communication method between people and cities. The Rosetta Stone, Bisutun Inscription and Amarna tablets are examples of thousands of writings found from…

thing that they lacked; a system of writing. A few things contributed to this civilization not having a writing system, including fewer (if any) species of domesticable animals in their region and their isolation from other major civilizations, among other, smaller failures such as perhaps many poor harvest years or conflicts between other tribes or inside their own society. None of these factors is the single reason that the Mississippians did not have…

The writing system by the Mayan had a distinct approach to the scholars. Deciphering the writing represents and values who the Maya people really were. The Mayan writing was acknowledge and known as the emblem graph. The emblem graph represented certain cities around Guatemala. Spaniards colonized a better understanding of the Maya people using the Hieroglyphs. They were able to categorize the cities and discover which group belonged to what city. They were able to identify which city was at…

Mesopotamians developed what is considered the first writing system. They used pictograms to hold inventory of their animals, crops, etc. ( Davies, P. J., Denny, W. B., Hofrichter, F. F., Jacobs, J., Roberts, A. M., & Simon, D. L. pg. 21). Sumerians main focus was the approval of the Gods. Because stone was limitted, the Sumerians used a mixture of mud and plaster in order to make temples. Some of these temples were viewed as bridges to the heavens. ( Davies, P. J., Denny, W. B., Hofrichter, F.…

them who they are known as today. Mesopotamia had many key events that improved their way of living. These important events were held in different periods. Some of them contain the Ubaid period, Uruk period, and the Jemdet Nasr period. The Jemdet Nasr period stands out greater because of one main event; the creation of writing. Mesopotamia started off with the success of creating agricultural systems. The region relied on its potent fertile soil, which they acquire through their steady water…

Euphrates rivers and evolved to three definite societies: Sumer (2000s B.C), Babylonia (1000s B.C.), and Assyria (after 700s B.C.). The first known cities were founded by the Sumerians using architecture of mud and brick. The location of the cities was extremely important due to the availability of water. The need for water in agriculture caused the Sumerians to create irrigation systems necessary for a dependable food supply for the…

The Babylonians were one of the first civilizations to develop a language and began to write down discoveries and stories of their people. Among these writings is the recorded observations of the night sky. Throughout the Babylonian history, the population selects one person to specialize in writing down the observations. These chosen ones were named Scribes. This was an extremely important role to play in their society and Scribes performed the task of charting the movement of the stars and…

The Babylonians were one of the first civilizations to develop a language and began to write down discoveries and stories of their people. Among these writings is the record of their observations of the night sky. Throughout the Babylonian history, the population select one person to specialize in writing down the observations. These chosen ones were named Scribes. This was an extremely important role to play in their society and performed the task of charting the movement of the stars and…

I chose to do my book trailer for a public library, Bruce Public Library. My book trailer is on Kelley Armstrong’s first book in the Cainsville series, Omens. When I was trying to figure out what book I wanted to do my trailer on, I made a massive list of all the books I read that teens might like to read. Then I went through the list and watched book trailers for each of them, slowly narrowing down my list. I crossed off books that didn’t have any trailers I liked and books that I couldn’t come…