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The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind
David Diringer
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| #4505260 in Books | 1996-12 | Original language:English | 10.25 x7.00 x1.25l,2.10 | File type: PDF | 608 pages||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| A classic|By Shalom Freedman|I first read this book many years ago, and did not really understand its significance. Recently I heard Professor Daniel Sperber speak about the book. He explains that prior to the invention of the alphabet, writing in pictograms meant learning a very large amount of individual symbols. Thus it was confined to the priestly elite , who controlled the
The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the fascinating subject of the history of writing or the alphabet. In the first part, a historical sketch of the development of the non-alphabetic scripts is discussed and the second part deals with the origin and development of alphabet. More space is devoted to lesser-known problems, to those which present more interest from the standpoint of the history of writing, to the origins of some single scripts, to th...
You easily download any file type for your device.The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind | David Diringer. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.