01261cam a2200277 4500 1164166920 TxAuBib 20130330120000.0 070807s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007408938 9780500286609 pbk. 0500286604 pbk. (OCoLC)145735363 OKU OKU YDXCP OMP DLC TxAuBib Robinson, Andrew. The story of writing / Andrew Robinson. Second ed. London : Thames & Hudson, 2007. 232 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-227) and index. I. How writing works -- Reading the Rosetta Stone -- Sound, symbol and script -- Proto-writing -- II. Extinct writing -- Cuneiform -- Egyptian hieroglyphs -- Linear B -- Mayan glyphs -- Undeciphered scripts -- III. Living writing -- The first alphabet -- New alphabets from old -- Chinese writing -- Japanese writing -- From hieroglyphs to alphabets and back -- Writing in the new millennium. 20130330. Writing History. Alphabet. TXKIP