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3200 BCE: Hieroglyphic writing develops in Egypt.
3150 BCE: Hieratic script develops following hieroglyphic script in Egypt.
700 BCE: Demotic script replaces Hieratic script in Egypt, though Hieroglyphics still in use.
350 CE: Coptic script developed with the rise of Christianity and earlier Egyptian scripts forgotten.