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The Earliest Writing
ゞ Very cariy on ple must hawe felt the need to send messages andLKeep records. /Cave
dwellers made little piles f stone to mark the boundaries 《f their land) Farmers made scratches on
Jameso mark he mumberofdays since he tll moon Other cntches tok shepherds the number
Jimsmherrneighbors owed them。 Villagers earned to communicate with diiant Plces using Code df
oke agnadls 6PArembeats。 Humters made plctures in sand endon the wals faves
From picture writing, called pictographs,( 40 ). jjmon&. some pictures were simplified
Men roader meanings Thusza person could write in pictures without having Io Ha
ik The picurcsbecame moreabstract orexamplp sing sHck fgtre torePreSenLa hime
ang。 jn he other 』 few designs were chosen(om the pictograpDX 4ndywere used Io repreeit the
Junds flanguagapd these became an alphabet
22 he development fpicturesyfhto letterS made it possible for more people to learn to readzand っ
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mie This developmen also:enabled people to write quickly Trmade it easier or one generation AO
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和 psonis bestides6 the net generation。Alphabets allowed people far apartto communicate eaSiIy
idaury hc recording ofthe hitstory of viizaton was made possible by the carly development6f
alphabetic writing)
) ( 41 ),themarks of paper are not important in themselves They are important for
what they represent ad-for the job they do. MK) communicate with someone is to share your
irmation, experiencescand emotions with that person。 SGmmefhing in one person's mind is put into
iiten ymbols ( 42 )|anothertan share it CPerhaps it appears in the form apoemJxwhich
an be read and enjoyed by many people. Eerhaps itis only a person' notetoa friend, asking for help.
iiingspeaks forthe writeriitrepresents his or her thinking. Cam never be any beter than
eees nkng Trthe writer is not thinking ina clearandorganized manner ( 43 ).共
ieyrierdoes notknov the subject/fis orherwritng wil show Hhie ignorane
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