pictographic writing
31cuneiform — The wedge shaped depressions made by the ancient Mesopotamians in clay in order to inscribe the characters of their written language. It was in southern Mesopotamia, or more precisely in Uruk, around 3100 BCE, that writing appeared for the… …
32Acrophony — (Greek: acro uppermost, head + phonos sound) is the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter s name begins with the letter itself. For instance, apple, aardvark, and alpha are acrophonic names for the English letter A… …
33Language minority students in Japanese classrooms — Minority (non Japanese) students can be found throughout the entire Japanese education system. An incomplete list of possible cultural and or language minorities represented in Japanese schools include: other Asian, particularly Korean, Chinese,… …
34Sindh — Pakistan infobox region = Sindh capital = Karachi latd = 24.52 longd = 67.03 pop year = 2008 population = 46,378,000 (Estimate) [http://www.sindh.gov.pk/aboutsindh.htm] languages= Sindhi Urdu English Balochi density km2 = 216 area km2 = 140914… …
35196 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeRoman Republic* The Insubres, Gauls of the Po Valley, believed by the Romans to have been incited to revolt by Carthage, are finally defeated. * A new category of Roman priests, the tresviri epulones, are elected to supervise… …
36Yunnan — Not to be confused with Yunan (disambiguation). Coordinates: 24°30′N 101°30′E / 24.5°N 101.5°E / 24.5; 101.5 …
37Codex Mexicanus — The Codex Mexicanus is an early colonial Mexican pictorial manuscript. The Codex can be divided into several sections: The saints, the European calendar and zodiac. The Aztec calendar. Accounts in the Aztec pictographic writing system. A family… …
38Emerson, Ellen Russell — ▪ American ethnologist née Ellen Russell born Jan. 16, 1837, New Sharon, Maine, U.S. died June 12, 1907, Cambridge, Mass. American ethnologist, noted for her extensive examinations of Native American cultures, especially in comparison… …
39Foumban — ▪ Cameroon also spelled Foumbam or Fumban town located in northwestern Cameroon. It lies 140 miles (225 km) north northwest of Yaoundé. It was the historic capital of the Bamum kingdom (see Bamum); a palace there dates from the 18th… …
40Gerzean culture — ▪ Egyptian history also called Naqādah II culture predynastic Egyptian (Egypt, ancient) cultural phase given the sequence dates 40–65 by Sir Flinders Petrie (Petrie, Sir Flinders) and later dated c. 3400–c. 3100 BCE. Evidence indicates that… …
