The Rosetta Stone was found by French troops in 1799. It contained a message written in 3 languages: Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, and a simpler form of Hieroglyphics known as Demonic. Until this time no one had been able to decipher hieroglyphics, but people did know Greek. Even so, it took nearly 20 years for historians and archeologists to completely decipher the hieroglyphics.
At around the same time that the Ancient Egyptians were at their peek, another civilization was prospering in the Indus River Valley, which is located in present India and Pakistan. This civilization had also developed a written language. However, the civilization declined and the language was not spread to other areas, so no one has been able to understand or interpret the language of this civilization.
Why is language so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures?
Even though we have not been able to decipher the writing of the people of the Indus River Valley, we still know a lot about their civilization. For example, we know that they had very well-planned cities, they had a plumbing system, and they had an organized religion. How do we know these things?
Why is language so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures? Language is important because without it there would be no written records of the past. We would be clueless to the understanding of past cultures and civilizations and what happened during those times. without the Rosseta stone, the Egyptian language would be a mystery. This culture is a very unique one and without the translation from the Rosseta Stone, this would not be a blog question.
ReplyDeleteThe language is so important to understand the past civilizations and caultures because it gives u more details and facts about every day life more so than artifacts do. For example, the we found out from past written records that the Anciant Egyptians used a book called, The Book of the Dead. Its used to do the mummifacation process.
ReplyDeleteWe know these things because of anciant artifacts and the way these people lived. We probably figured out these things by looking at the reigion they might have lived in and the shealter they lived in. and the written forms of documents.
ReplyDeleteMaybe we know about the Indus River vally is because of the writting system. A few artifacts of little important information is the way we know about them. Written records are important ,as little as they are found, to learning about ancient civilizations.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is so important to our understanding of past civiizations and cultures because it helps us know how far we have gotten from before common era, which is really useful in how much ideas we could get from other civilizations.
ReplyDeleteWe know how civilizations from before common era had a plumbing system and what not because of primary soures such as "The Rossetta Stone", "The Book of Dead", and artifacts we might find.
language is so important to our understanding of the past civilizations and cultures because, it helps me to understand how the great egyptians and the pharows communicated back then. i also think thast it is also important, because it cave the egyptians a way to communicate in a different form ao language using what is called the Rosseta Stone.
ReplyDeletelaunguage is so important to past civilization's and culture's becaus eit tells us records and what they acomplished in life. Also what they did in a normal day and different things about their civilization.
ReplyDeleteLANGUE IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUE WITHOUT IT WE WOULD NOT BE CIVILIZED AND WOULD NOT BE ABOLE TO ACHIBVE WHAT HWE HAVE ACHIVED
ReplyDeletei agree with fire ex700 becaue of laguge we unstould the eqytens and how advaned they where. they were so good they could preserve dead botys that still had hair today
ReplyDeletelanguage is so important cuz it show us how people lived. about every day life and acomplishments
ReplyDeletei agree with icecoffe2 we wouldn't no about past civilizations if we didn't have documents or artifacts we would be cluless about the past
ReplyDeleteLaunguage is SO important to us understanding past cultures because it lets them write records on what their life was like. And how their civilization started and ended.
ReplyDelete"Why is language so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures?"
ReplyDeleteLanguage is so important to understanding the past because it gives you an idea of what went on that you can't tell from artifacts. pinkorange232 i agree with you because language does help us understand how far we got from other civilizations.
"For example, we know that they had very well-planned cities, they had a plumbing system, and they had an organized religion. How do we know these things?"
ReplyDeleteWe know that they had very well-planned cities, they had a plumbing system, and they had an organized religion because of the artifacts that we find .Also because we have found grid patterns that show the well planned cities.we also know that they had a plumbing system because of the clay pipes/pathways found under ground.
Language is really important to our understanding because it can tell a whole life style of certain people or a civilization. Without this knowledge it would be extremly hard to figure and learn about or history. Language is also very important because it was a form of communication.
ReplyDeleteI sort of agree with extreme9 because you can tell different things a civilization for example: what their daily life consists of.. but then again, i dont agree because it tells us about the way they communicate with other people in their civilizations and out of them. But then agian how do we get all of that out of a simple slab of clay that a scribe wrote on??
ReplyDeletei agree with fireexp700 because if we didnt have a written form of language we wouldnt know whats going on. part of what made them so advanced ass a whole is that they could communicate in a way that everyone could nterprate and understand.
ReplyDeletethe rosetta stone is important because it has most of our history on it and tells us some stuff we need to knoe.
ReplyDeletei agree with icecoffe2, maybe we got our information on the indus river from the rosetta stone. =]
ReplyDeletewe learn diffrent languages to know how their culture was or how they planned their day out. Like the Rosetta stone, there was 3 diffrent languages on the stone. If the people back then dident know Greek, then today might have been a whole lot diffrent, because of how they make contributions that we still use today.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is important to understanding past civilizations and cultures because we will have better infomation about everday life, government and religion. Artifacts can tell some of the story but not how people actully thought.
ReplyDeleteWe understand some of the culture of the Indus Valley region because of artifacts that are discoved on digs. They can be studied and compared to other cultures.
ReplyDeletelanguage is so important bc ppl should the past and how far we came from it
ReplyDeletedecoded the language of the Indus river valley can tell us something about the past that can help discover over civilization and how they lived I also agree with panda- lover
ReplyDeleteI agree with twilight18eclipse95 because artifacts have really helped us figure out this civilization. Alos, finding those grid systems that this civilization used showed how organize they were.
ReplyDeleteThe language is so important to understand because you can find out more information from the past that may lead to other things
ReplyDeleteWhy is language so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures?
ReplyDeleteIts important to understand past civilizations so we could learn on how we got to this point in life and technology
We know these things because the reaserch of the writing.
ReplyDeletei agree with twilight18eclipse95 because we also know about the plumbing and other things by the grid system and artifacts we find.
ReplyDeleteWe know of the Indus river valley people because we found ruins and old villages containing the information on their culture and plubming
ReplyDeleteI agree with bigdaddyb123 because without the rosetta stone we wouldn't of learned of the Greek, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Demonic languages
ReplyDeleteI also agree with icecoffe2, without written language we would not know how their culture or form of life was controled back then. Example, like the Rosetta Stone, we would not know Egyptian life was like back then. Also like the writing system the Indus River valley have, since we still havent been able to decipher their writing we dont know full details on what happened back then,except for the stuff in the global book.
ReplyDeleteWe know that they had things like religions that were organized because of evidence and certain items found by archeiologists and it's good that they find these things so we know what people in the past had or believed in.
ReplyDeletelanguage is important to our understandongs because their writing is just like another artifact. artifacts help tell how the civilization lived and how they functioned.
ReplyDeletewe know about the indus's acheivements because of artifacts. they help us understand how they lived and what they achieved in their time period.
ReplyDeletelanguage is probably one of the most important things you can use to discover and learn about a civiliziaton. you could learn everything about a civilaization in a book or text. we learned alot about the egyptians from the hieroglyphics and the rosetta stone
ReplyDeleteI think that language is so important because it helps us understand the past.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures because without knowing what the history behind a civilization then we wouldnt see how much we have imroved on since before christ and a little bit after it. We also wouldnt see what they did back then, and thats important to know because that could give us more ideas.
ReplyDeleteWe know that the Indus River Valley had plumbing systems, grid-systems and planned cities because of what we found when we went to explore there. We found many artifacts.
i have to agree with pink orange232. they are right about not knowing how a civilization works without their language. its THE most important part of any civilization
ReplyDeleteI agree with twilight because we know about there organized religions and other things because of the artifacts that archeiologists found.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures so we could see written records of their lifes and how they comunicated with eachother...it would also prolly show us the evolution of them as they worked together as communities for food clothing and other goods for trade.
ReplyDeleteI agree with pinkorange232 that we know that they had plumbing and planned cities because we explored the land and found artifacts.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures because it can give us certain information other things from the past cant.I mostly agree with FunGirl77 because she talks about the writing systems. Like for example, lets say you want to learn stuff about the Neolithic era. Well since that era had writing systems, you could learn more from it because record keeping was used and everything was put in order. While the paleolithic era wasnt that advanced. You would have to look at the artifacts...
ReplyDeleteWe know that the Indus River Valley had plumbing systems, grid systems, planned cities and organized religion from studing the artifacts and geography of their civilization.
ReplyDeletei believe that language is important because it helps people solve problems and also helps people today discover the life style of people of the past and the way they lived.
ReplyDeletei agree with specter 1995 because writing helped us discover new civilizations from the past it also helps us see what people were thinking about way back then
ReplyDeleteI agree with panda_lover because language is soo important with past civilations and cultures, because it shows us how they went and lived in their civilizations. Language also shows us the things that the people of that civilization had accomplished, what their government was like, and their religious beliefs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with secret key because the things that the archeolgists have found from the civilizations of the Idus River Valley people help us figure out the answers that we want to know about their culture. All of the artifacts that archeologists have discovered gives us iformation about their grid-system planned cities, their religion, and how they had plumbing.
ReplyDeletethe rosetta stone is important because it is the first sources of writting in our world. it also helps us understand life in the past
ReplyDeletei agree with pinkorange232 because it is important to know of our worlds history. also it is cool to see how our world has changed so much over the years
ReplyDeleteI think languange back then was important so we know how the Egyptians commicated with eachother so we know how they lived and talked with eachother. we also could of learned how they learned and got educated
ReplyDeleteI agree with ice coffee also I believe that languaage is really important because the rosetta stone helped us make our language availabe in different ways so people can understand how we know things the Rosetta stone is very interesting
ReplyDeleteI agree with specter1995 because he is totally right about learning about a civilization from their form of writing it really helps us understand the past.
ReplyDeletei agree with robinflyfree. because written history is like another artifact. its even better in my opinion because it can actually tell us and explain to us what was happening to them at the point in there civilization
ReplyDeleteit would be important if we learned their language because we could learn how they communicated
ReplyDeleteI agree with whitetiger because the language that they used could let us know how they communicated back then
ReplyDeleteit was important thAT we learned there languGes because we used it to devolp and help our language and others. we also learned how egyptians communicated and what they talked about.
ReplyDeletei agree with ladygaga because it is important that we learned there language so know how they communicated back then.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is so important to our understanding of past civiizations and cultures because without it they would not have written records from the past and therefore would not know what their life was like back then.
ReplyDeleteI agree with pinkorange232 because written language is not the only way to learn about the past. You can also learn by looking at things left behind and other artifacts.
ReplyDeleteI agree with with that twilite person in that when we under stand other language we can understand there calture
ReplyDeletewritten language is important to ancient and modern day society and ancient society because writing systems help pass around news and information. it also helps to record things such as weather or building flaws so that they dont make the same mistake twice.
ReplyDeletei agree with whitedeathsheep about written language and why its so amportant.
ReplyDeleteWe know about their culture because of little artifacts and primary sources that they have left behind.they also may have written laws down.
ReplyDeletei agree with whitetiger if we can under stand their language we can understand there way of life and how they did things
ReplyDeletei agree with creature54 that by understanding a cultures language we can understand the way they lived their lives and did things. i think that learning a language is important also bcuz by knowing how one ulture did things you can improve they way your culture does something or learn from their mistakes
ReplyDeletei agree with fif, artifacts is most likely the reason we know all that we do about the civilization
ReplyDeletelanguage is so important to our understanding of past civilizations and cultures because you need to know how they lived and what they did to survive so that in the future we can do what the people did back then, but just make it better and more understandable.
ReplyDeleteWe know that the Indus River Valley had a plumbing system, well-planned cities and an organized religion because of primary sources like a diary of someone or artifacts from the past.
i agree with BluE Boys. the past does tell us certain info. that we need to know to live in the future. We can also look at recoerd keeping like you said to figure out what the Indus River Valley did back then.
ReplyDeletelanguage is so important to our understanding of past civilizations , because if we didnt have records , we wouldnt know what had happened in the past .
ReplyDeleteand , we know about the planned cities , and the plumber systems , and organzied religion ; because , the records that were kept in the past .
laguage is important to our understanding of past cultures cause first of all nobody would be able to understand the rosetta stone and also we would know wat the Egyptians life was like.
ReplyDeletebasically anciant artifacts were wat led us to find out that the ppl of the indus river valley had planned cities and plumbing systems
ReplyDeletewritten language is good for knowing our time. Why should we have to learn about something no one will ever speak abot again?
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