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Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, Robinson explains how these early forms developed into hundreds of scripts, including the Roman alphabet and Chinese characters. He reveals how the modern writing symbols and abbreviations we take for granted today--including airport signage and text messaging--resemble ancient ones much more closely than we might think. The book also includes a chronology of events from 3300 BC to AD 2000, a list of titles for further reading, and an index.
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Andrew Robinson is a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. The former Literary Editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement, his books include The Story of Writing and Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts.
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