Signs of the times. The history of writing
Description
Traces the evolution of communication. From hieroglyphics and cuneiform came the first alphabets of Egypt, Phoenicia, and Greece, reflecting their world and its values. A thousand years later Gutenberg's printing press and its diffusion of ideas set the stage for the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Revolutions. The impact of technology --printing, typewriters, computers, global networking-- preceded a digital revolution and the explosion of personal computers and the World Wide Web. Shows our world as it was, is now, and will be.
Runtime
52 min
Series
Subjects
Date of Publication
1997
Database
Alexander Street
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