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Flat illustration of an Egyptian scribe, a stone tablet with hieroglyphs, and a papyrus reed on a grey background

Can you prove your knowledge of the seafaring traders in this alphabet trivia?

Writing Systems

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

20

Volts

3/q

Drop into the tension of early writing systems where Sumerian wedge shapes and Egyptian icons collided. Test your speed on the acrophonic principle and the alternating flow of ancient text directions. Only those who know the count of the Phoenician system will climb this rank.