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The Story of Writing - Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms (Paperback, New Edition)
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The Story of Writing - Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms (Paperback, New Edition)
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Discovery Miles 4 420
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"The most accessible and informative book available on the major
writing systems of the world."--"History Today"
Without writing, there would be no history and no civilization as
we know it. But how, when, and where did writing evolve?
Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol,
and script in a succinct and absorbing text. He discusses each of
the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and
Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan,
as well as topics such as the Cherokee "alphabet" and the writing
of runes. Full coverage is given to the history of decipherment,
and a provocative chapter devoted to undeciphered scripts
challenges the reader: can these codes ever be broken?
In this revised edition, the author reveals the latest discoveries
to have an impact on our knowledge of the history of writing,
including the Tabula Cortonensis showing Etruscan symbols and a
third millennium BC seal from Turkmenistan that could solve the
mystery of how Chinese writing evolved. He also discusses how the
digital revolution has not, despite gloomy predictions, spelled
doom for the printed book. In addition, the table of Maya glyphs
has been revised so that they are up-to-date with current research.
355+ illustrations, 50 in color.
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