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    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
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    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

    By Barry B. Powell

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    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.
    • Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing
    • Includes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writing
    • Shows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior
    • Clarifies the argument with many illustrations
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateFeb 15, 2012
    ISBN9781118293492
    Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
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    Barry B. Powell

    Barry B. Powell is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of Classical Myth, Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet, Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature; and translations of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid; and many other books.

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