Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili…
Want to Read $ 16.99"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became more common, for clay tablets had been replaced by an Egyptian technology: papyrus. The thinner more flexible material, made from the pith of reeds growing along the Nile, is the ancestor of the English word 'paper' (now being replaced by The Tablet)."-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became more common, for clay tablets had been replaced by an Egyptian technology: papyrus. The thinner more flexible material, made from the pith of reeds growing along the Nile, is the ancestor of the English word 'paper' (now being replaced by The Tablet)."-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
"Phoenicians pioneered a new style of writing that reproduced not images of the things described but the sounds used for them in speech--the first alphabetic script, As trade developed, writing became more common, for clay tablets had been replaced by an Egyptian technology: papyrus. The thinner more flexible material, made from the pith of reeds growing along the Nile, is the ancestor of the English word 'paper' (now being replaced by The Tablet)."-Philip Matyszak, Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
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2. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
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Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
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By: Adrian Goldsworthy
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Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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14. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
By: Philip Matyszak
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civili… read more
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