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The Story of Writing

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Story of Writing

By Andrew Robinson

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About the book

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 worlds major writing systems, "The Story of Writin...Show more

Language: history and general works

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ISBN

9780500286609

Publisher

Thames Hudson Ltd

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Story of Writing

Format

Paperback

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