CCT109H5 Chapter : Module 1.docx

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Rhonda Mc Ewen

Document Summary

Egyptian civilization showed a shift from monarchy to democracy organization and the basis of communication also showed a changed from stone to pyamids. Papyrus sheets dated from the first dynasty and inscribed dated from the fifth dynasty: 2680-2540 b. c. or 2750-2625 b. c. Made from plant cyperus papyrus: restricted to the nile delta, manufactured into writing material near the marshes where it was found. Brushes made from funcus maritimus which was used for writing: lengths ranged from 6 to 16 inches, diameters ranged from 1/16 to 1/10 of inches. Writing on stone was characterized by straightness or circularity of line, rectangularity of form and an upright position, whereas writing on papyrus permitted cursive forms suited to rapid writing. By escaping from the heavy medium of stone tough gained lightness. Writing had been restricted to governmental, fiscal, magical, and religious purposes. With the growth of papyrus writing and reading grew as well and became more efficient.