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100 symbols that changed the world Colin Salter

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Pavilion, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2022Description: 224 p. col. illISBN:
  • 9781911216384
Other title:
  • One hundred symbols that changed the world
  • Hundred symbols that changed the world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.222309
Summary: 100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world’s most recognizable symbols. Universal symbols have been used as a form of communication from the Bronze Age, when the dynasties of ancient Egypt began the evolution of the thousand characters used in Egyptian hieroglyphics. In pre-Columbian America the Mayan civilization set out on a similar course, using pictures as a narrative text. With the adoption of written languages, symbols have come to represent an illustrated shorthand.
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100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world’s most recognizable symbols. Universal symbols have been used as a form of communication from the Bronze Age, when the dynasties of ancient Egypt began the evolution of the thousand characters used in Egyptian hieroglyphics. In pre-Columbian America the Mayan civilization set out on a similar course, using pictures as a narrative text. With the adoption of written languages, symbols have come to represent an illustrated shorthand.

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