Rome
Egypt
China
India
Greece
100
The language and script developed by the Romans
What is Latin?
100
The Egyptian form of writing.
What are heiroglyphics?
100
The surface on which the earliest writing in China has been found.
What are animal bones?
100
The most common writing surface in ancient India.
What is dried palm leaf?
100
The specially treated animal skin "paper" invented by the Greek.
What is parchment?
200
the highly organized Roman postal system
What is the cursus publicus
200
The earliest year of known Egyptian writing.
What is 3000 BC?
200
The most common surface for writing.
What are bamboo wood strips?
200
The "ink" used on dried palm leaves.
What is lampblack?
200
The earliest parchment was made of this.
What is camel skin?
300
The first Roman transportable writing surface.
What is papyrus?
300
Translation of Greek word heiroglyph.
What is "sacred drawing"?
300
The year people in China began writing.
What is 1500 BC?
300
The utensil used to apply lampblack.
What is a reed pen?
300
Animals used to deliver messages.
What are pigeons?
400
The modern alphabet most similar to Latin.
What is English?
400
The subject of heiroglyphics.
What are familiar objects?
400
The writing surface invented by the Chinese around 150 BC.
What is paper?
400
The powder rubbed into stylus scored depressions.
What is charcoal?
400
The letters A, B, C in Greek.
What are alpha, beta, cappa?
500
The two birds used as early messengers.
What are pigeons and swallows?
500
The reason heiroglyphs went out of use.
What is Egyptian conversion to Christianity?
500
The first moveable type printing method in China.
What is wood block printing?
500
The metal on which important notices were engraved.
What is copper?
500
The year the Greek kingdom of Pargemon is credited for is credited for inventing parchment.
What is 150 BC?
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