The Story Of Writing Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms

Author: Andrew Robinson

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Price : $14.00 NZD
ISBN : 9780500281567
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Imprint : Thames & Hudson
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Weight (g) : 0.78
Publication date : 01 January 2000
Dimensions : 254mm X 192mm X 19mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Andrew Robinson
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Reading Level : very good
Pages : 224
Illustrations : 350 illustrations, 50 in colour
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Aims to demystify writing for the general reader. This book explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, and follows the discovery of writing forms from cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of Japan today.

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