TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salter,Colin
TI  - 100 symbols that changed the world
SN  - 9781911216384
U1  - 302.222309 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - Pavilion, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
KW  - Signs and symbols
KW  - History
N2  - 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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