The Invention of Cuneiform
| Author | : Jean-Jacques Glassner |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801873894 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801873898 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (898 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Invention of Cuneiform by : Jean-Jacques Glassner
Download or read book The Invention of Cuneiform written by Jean-Jacques Glassner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Invention of Cuneiform" Jean-Jacques Glassner offers a compelling introduction to a seminal era in human history. Returning to early Mesopotamian texts that have been little studied or poorly understood, he traces the development of writing from the earliest attempts to the sophisticated system of roughly 640 signs that constituted the Sumerian repertory by about 3200 B.C.