 | John Shertzer Hittell - 1893 - 392 pages
...Egyptian hieroglyphs to the Semites, and the thrice-repeated transmission of the Semitic alphabet to the Aryan nations, — to the Greeks, to the Persians...by important developments in the art of writing." Taylor A. i. 39. SEC. 283. Teutonia. — In reference to the ancient Teutons, there is no one authority... | |
 | Archer Wilde - 1914 - 198 pages
...Hieroglyphics to the Mayas of Yucatan, of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics to the Semites, and the thrice-repeated transmission of the Semitic alphabet to Aryan nations...perhaps best exhibited in the case of the repeated transmission of the Cuneiform writing.' We may possibly witness the occurrence of another instance... | |
 | Charles Hubbard Judd - 1926 - 364 pages
...which governs the development of graphic systems. During a 1 TAYLOR, ISAAC — op. tit., I, p. 34. period of four thousand years the Chinese, left to...accompanied by important developments in the art of writing. 1 Such statements are full of significance for the student of social institutions. They show that the... | |
 | Charles Hubbard Judd - 1926 - 362 pages
...which governs the development of graphic systems. During a 1 TAYIOR, ISAAC — op. cit., I, p. 34. period of four thousand years the Chinese, left to...accompanied by important developments in the art of writing.1 Such statements are full of significance for the student of social institutions. They show... | |
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I, p. 34. period of four thousand years the Chinese, left to themselves, were unable to advance beyond ideographic writing. But this important step was, as we have seen, readily accomplished when the Chinese writing had to be adapted to a language of... 