History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)

Title:: History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
Description:: History of the Alphabet. This video introduces the Hieroglyphic, Cuneiform, Hieratic, Demotic, Phonetician writing systems. It presents information as a series of selections from a finite collection of symbols..

References (book):
- The Alphabetic Labyrinth (Drucker)
- Letter Perfect (David Sacks)
- Empire and Communications (Innis)
- The Mathematical Theory of Communication (Shannon)

Image References:
- http://cuneiform.library.cornell.edu/ (Cuneiform Library at Cornell)
- Egyptian photography thanks to Anne Mullier (Louvre, Department of Egyptian Antiquities) http://ritournelleblog.com/

Script Advisers:
Ali McMillan / Cameron Murray / Mel Bervoets

Extra voice footage thanks to:
Feroze Shahpurwala

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Video Language:: English
Duration:: 09:23

	Nandar edited Burmese subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
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	Dmitry Pulin edited Russian subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
	Dmitry Pulin edited Russian subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
	Dmitry Pulin edited Russian subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
	Dmitry Pulin edited Russian subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
	Dmitry Pulin edited Russian subtitles for History of Alphabet (Language of Coins: 3/9)
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