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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Diringer, David, 1900-1975. Writing. New York, Praeger [1962] (OCoLC)579147071 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Diringer |
| OCLC Number: | 308353 |
| Description: | 261 p. illus., plates, 3 maps, facsims., tables. 21 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Primitive Means of Communication : memory aid devices -- II. Analytic Scripts of Ancient Near East : Cuneiform writing ; Egyptian writing ; Cretan spirits ; Indus Valley script ; Hittite scripts -- III. The Far East : Chinese writing ; Non-Chinese scripts of China ; Japanese scripts ; Easter Island script -- IV. Pre-Columbian America : Cultural puzzle of Pre-Columbian America ; Mayan script ; Aztec script -- V. Phonetic Scripts and the Alphabet : Pseudo-hieroglyphic script of Byblos ; Cypriote syllabary ; Persian cuneiform ; origin of the alphabet -- VI. Diffusion of the Alphabet : Canaanite branch ; Aramaic branch ; Greek alphabet ; Latin alphabet. |
| Series Title: | Ancient peoples and places, v. 25; Books that matter |
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