Show transitional writing according to the britannica six different peoples in various parts of the world developed a system of writing usually known as transitional that Is to say including ideographs ideography Ideo graphs or pictures and pho phonetic symbols or letters these include the Su Sumer lans and babylonians the egyptians the the chinese and the mayas and aztecs azteca in america our present letters of the alphabet are derived from the phoenicians Phoenicia ns who probably improved on the ideas of tho the egyptians and babylonians |