Origins of Writing

By: Senner, Wayne M.

Book Overview

This collection of 12 essays outlines what is now known about the origins and development of writing. The topics discussed include such precursors to writing as the tokens used for record-keeping in the Middle East, as well as cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphics.The alphabet is treated from its invention to its use in Arabic, Greek and Latin. Also presented are the writing systems of China and Middle America and two European systems, runes and ogham,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803291671
• ISBN13: 9780803291676
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"