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History and definition of writing, plus extensive information on the types, families, and regions of written languages. For each language, you'll find information on when and where it was used, the people who used it, and what it looked like.
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alphabet, ancient scripts, ancient writing, berber, brahmi, cherokee, chinese, coptic, cuneiform, cyrillic, devanagari, egyptian, first civilization prehistory ad 500, japanese, korean, language, maya, phoenician, tibetan, writing systems, written word, zapotec, aramaic, avestan, byblos script, cypriot, ethiopic, futhark, glagolitic, hieroglyphic, iberian language, iberian scripts, indus script, jurchen, kharosthi, khitan, la mojarra script, language family, language type, linear a, linear b, luwian, meroitic, mesoamerican writing, naxi, nushu, ogham, old persian, phaistos disc, proto canaanite, south arabian, ugaritic, writing, yi scripts, first civilizations (prehistory to ad 500)
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)