Description
| Product ID: | 9780500286609 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Story of Writing |
| Subtitle: | Alphabets, Hieroglyphs and Pictograms |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Robinson |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Palaeography, Palaeography (history of writing) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Writing is one of humanity's greatest inventions. Without it there would be no history and no civilization as we know it. But how, when and where did writing evolve? This book discusses the history of decipherment and major writing systems, from cuneiform and Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of China and Japan. |
| Imprint Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-04-16 |
