The Story of Writing

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ISBN-10:

0500281564

ISBN-13:

9780500281567

Author(s): Robinson, Andrew
Edition: First Edition
Released: Sep 01, 1999
Format: Paperback, 232 pages

Description:

This book addresses the fascinating subject of writing, how it developed and the different systems employed by different cultures. Including cuneiform, Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs, early alphabets, runes, Linear B, the scripts of China and Japan, and more besides, Andrew Robinson explores the virtues of these writing systems and their decipherment, or not in some cases. Accompanied by many illustrations of writing on walls, tablets, objects, stones, monuments, papyri, and so on, this book holds a wealth of information not usually found in one publication.

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