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The writing revolution: cuneiform to the Internet
The writing revolution: cuneiform to the Internet
Author
Gnanadesikan, Amalia E
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
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From the Book
The first IT revolution
Cuneiform: forgotten legacy of a forgotten people
Egyptian hieroglyphs and the quest for eternity
Chinese: a love of paperwork
Maya glyphs: calendars of kings
Linear B: the clerks of Agamemnon
Japanese: three scripts are better than one
Cherokee: Sequoyah reverse-engineers
The Semitic alphabet: Egypt to Manchuria in 3,400 years
The empire of Sanskrit
King Sejong's one-man renaissance
Greek serendipity
The age of Latin
The alphabet meets the machine.
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Alphabet
Alphabet -- History
Electronic books
History
Language Studies
Writing
Writing -- History
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Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.
Author
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN
9781405154079
9781405154062
9781394218219
9781444359855
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NoveList
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