Which writing system was developed uniquely in Nubia?
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Correct answer: Meroitic script
The Meroitic script was an indigenous writing system developed in Nubia, used for both administrative and religious texts from around the 3rd century BCE. It remains only partially deciphered by modern scholars, making it one of the great unsolved linguistic mysteries.
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