Yes, the development of the abstraction of sounds to a symbol was an amazing breakthrough in human development, wasn’t it? We had probably hit the end of the road in development with pictographs and the next leap in civilization required a symbolic phonetic language.
Yes, the development of the abstraction of sounds to a symbol was an amazing breakthrough in human development, wasn’t it? We had probably hit the end of the road in development with pictographs and the next leap in civilization required a symbolic phonetic language.
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Interesting too there is no “primitive” form of hieroglyphics; just there they are in all their complexity. Always wondered if the ancient Ancient Egypt was founded by survivors of some antediluvian culture perhaps thousands of years older.