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Author: David Diringer
Publisher: New York, Praeger [1962]
Series: Ancient peoples and places, v. 25; Books that matter
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Diringer, David, 1900-1975.
Writing.
New York, Praeger [1962]
(OCoLC)579147071
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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