In the beginning it started with pictographs. They used alot of hot clay and they got a stick and that was used to keep records and used for many other things. The pictographs popularity spread quickly and alot of other empires and kingdoms started using it. Until when a new language came out and became popular really fast and it was called the hieroglyphics. The hieroglyphics was the next advanced language. It was more easier for the scribes to know the meaning and the symbols. The next language that was more advanced were called the alphabets. It spread through the whole region really fast. The alphabets are 22 symbols and those symbols are the symbols we use today.