by Georges Jean · GALLIMARD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070530403
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«L'écriture mémoire des hommes» is the historical essay by Georges Jean, published by Gallimard in paperback (224 pages, in French).
The essay traces the history of writing from its birth in Sumeria about five thousand years ago to the expansion of the printing press. It reviews Mesopotamian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Arabic calligraphy and Chinese ideograms, and explains how scribes preserved the memory of peoples.
Originally published in 1987 in the Découvertes Gallimard collection, Archéologie series. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Popular science for the general public interested in the history of writing, linguistics and ancient civilizations.
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