During the war in Vietnam, the main opponents of the United States were North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, although these forces were being supported by communist states like Russia and China.
hieroglyphics and papyrus helped grow the the civilization in Egypt because it was one of the first forms of a language and could easy be made to make a hieroglyph you needed a surface and paint. on the other hand papyrus made it possible to make writing that could be delivered by one man or stored in a place not written on a wall. it was the early form of paper. much easier to carry imagine trying to deliver a giant rock with writing just not gonna happen.
President Carter's attempts to free the hostages were done in good faith and effort, but were hampered by failures in communication, delivery and execution. The plan involved servicemen who were not as well-trained as they could have been and certain weather effects like the "haboob" which was a big dust cloud, doomed the mission. Carter does deserve credit for taking responsibility for the failure however.
