Today in Mr. Schick's class we learned about the earliest form of writing.  The earliest form of writing was called hieroglyphics established in 3100 B.C.  These were carving and painting that told stories about the pharaohs.  Shorthand versions of the characters were developed that were easier to write called the hieratic script.  This script was done with ink on papyrus which was a paper like material made from the stems of a papyrus plant.  Astronomers created a calendar that had a total of 365 days of the solar year.  They eventually got people who understood the way that the body worked and how sicknesses worked.  Around 3100 B.C. they started to develop transportation in the Nile River.  They made a wooden sailboat with a sail on it so they could transport on the river more easily.  Pyramids weren’t just built for the way that they looked, they were built for storage and tombs for the Pharaohs and their valuables.  The pyramids are the biggest buildings ever built that were devoted to religious beliefs and ways.  The pyramids are still in Egypt today.