Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet by John McWhorter

Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

The Great Courses

John McWhorter with John McWhorter (Narrator)

6 hours, 18 minutes first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology
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The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the development of writing and literacy are in the span of human history. But writing is, in fact, a very recent phenomenon if we take a step back and loo...

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