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The Story of Writing
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Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This book discusses the history of decipherment and major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan.
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The Story of Writing, William Andrew Robinson
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- 2007
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- Title
- The Story of Writing
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Andrew Robinson
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0500286604
- ISBN13
- 9780500286609
- Category
- Social sciences, Textbooks, University and college textbooks
- Description
- Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This book discusses the history of decipherment and major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan.