The story of writing
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The story of writing
Thames & Hudson, 2007
New ed
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The story of writing : alphabets, hieroglyphs & pictograms
Available at 8 libraries
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"With over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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? In a succinct, absorbing and well-illustrated text, Andrew Robinson discusses the history of decipherment and then each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. An invaluable guide to the world's major writing systems, The Story of Writing is a book to read for both pleasure and enlightenment.
Table of Contents
I. How Writing Works 1. Reading the Rosetta Stone * 2. Sound, Symbol and Script * 3. Proto-Writing II. Extinct Writing * 4. Cuneiform * 5. Egyptian Hieroglyphs * 6. Linear B * 7. Mayan Glyphs * 8. Undeciphered Scripts III. Living Writing 9. The First Alphabet * 10. New Alphabets from Old * 11. Chinese Writing * 12. Japanese Writing * 13. From Hieroglyphs to Alphabets - and Back? * Postscript in the New Millennium
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