Story of Writing Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms

Name: Story of Writing Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms
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ISBN: 9780500286609

ISBN-10: 0500286604

ISBN-13: 9780500286609

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Andrew Robinson

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"The most accessible and informative book available on the major writing systems of the world."--"History Today" Without writing, there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when, and where did writing evolve? Andrew Robinson explains the interconnection between sound, symbol, and script in a succinct and absorbing text. He discusses each of the major writing systems in turn, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan, as well as topics such as the Cherokee "alphabet" and the writing of runes. Full coverage is given to the history of decipherment, and a provocative chapter devoted to undeciphered scripts…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 5/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English




How writing works



Reading the Rosetta Stone



Sound, symbol and script



Proto-writing



Extinct writing



Cuneiform



Egyptian hieroglyphs



Linear B



Mayan glyphs



Undeciphered scripts



Living writing



The first alphabet



New alphabets from old



Chinese writing



Japanese writing



From hieroglyphs to alphabets - and back?


Postscript : writing in the new millennium