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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: ergophobe on October 03, 2022, 01:25:56 AM

Title: Spread of writing over last 5000 years
Post by: ergophobe on October 03, 2022, 01:25:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUpJ4yVCNrI

I was going to put it in the Technology section since writing is one of the most important techs ever invented.
Title: Re: Spread of writing over last 5000 years
Post by: littleman on October 05, 2022, 02:35:43 AM
Interesting how the isolated Central American written languages existed for so long without spreading to the rest of the Americas.   suppose that has to do with North <=> South geography vs East <=> West travel through similar environmental conditions.
Title: Re: Spread of writing over last 5000 years
Post by: grnidone on October 05, 2022, 08:50:05 PM
I think it's interesting that some places had writing, then lost writing, then had writing again.  The British isles had Runes, then had nothing, then had Runes again.