The Egyptian writing system known as hieroglyphics was
A) a wedged shaped writing system.
B) a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, eyes, and so forth represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words.
C) the world's first writing system.
D) the only writing system of the earliest civilized societies.
E) borrowed by the Sumerians.

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Hieroglyphics was a form of picture writing where symbols stood for words or sounds that could be combined to form words. The symbols often represented objects, people, or animals associated with the word being represented. It was not a wedge-shaped writing system (A) nor was it the world's first writing system (C). Writing systems existed before hieroglyphics, including cuneiform in Mesopotamia (D). Finally, hieroglyphics were not borrowed by the Sumerians (E), as the Sumerians developed their own writing system independently.

The Egyptian Writing System Known as Hieroglyphics Was