History of writing (English Wikipedia)

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Mitchell, Larkin (March–April 1999). "Earliest Egyptian Glyphs". Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. The seal impressions, from various tombs, date even further back, to 3400 B.C. These dates challenge the commonly held belief that early logographs, pictographic symbols representing a specific place, object, or quantity, first evolved into more complex phonetic symbols in Mesopotamia.

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Walker (1989), pp. 7–9. Walker, C. B. F. (1989). Cuneiform: Reading The Past. British Museum. ISBN 978-0-7141-8059-5.
Salomon (1996), Brahmi and Kharoshthi. Salomon, Richard (1996). "Brahmi and Kharoshthi". The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7.

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Olson & Torrance (2009), p. 59; Condorelli (2022), p. 19. Olson, David R.; Torrance, Nancy (2009). The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86220-2 – via Google Books. Condorelli, Marco (2022). Introducing Historical Orthography. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-00-910073-1.
Olson & Torrance (2009), p. 59. Olson, David R.; Torrance, Nancy (2009). The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86220-2 – via Google Books.
Krebs & Krebs (2003), p. 91. Krebs, Robert E.; Krebs, Carolyn A. (2003). Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Ancient World. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31342-4 – via Google Books.
Keightley & Barnard (1983), pp. 415–416. Keightley, David N.; Barnard, Noel (1983). The Origins of Chinese Civilization. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04229-2 – via Google Books.
Walker, C. B. F. (1987). Cuneiform. University of California Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-520-06115-6 – via Google Books.
The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-first Century: The William Foxwell Albright Centennial Conference. Eisenbrauns. 1996. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0-931464-96-6 – via Google Books.
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Sampson (1990), p. 78. Sampson, Geoffrey (1990). Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1756-4 – via Google Books.
Bromiley, Geoffrey W. (1995). "Writing". The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. William B. Eerdmans. p. 1150. ISBN 978-0-8028-3784-4 – via Google Books.
Boudreau (2004), p. 71. Boudreau, Vincent, ed. (2004). The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83861-0 – via Google Books.
- Allen, James P. (2010). Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs. Cambridge University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-139-48635-4 – via Google Books. Although it was once thought that the idea of writing came to Egypt from Mesopotamia, recent discoveries indicate that writing arose first in Egypt.
- Boltz, William G. (1999). "Language and Writing". In Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward L. (eds.). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 – via Google Books.
- Lipson & Binkley (2012). Lipson, Carol S.; Binkley, Roberta A. (2012). Rhetoric Before and Beyond the Greeks. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8503-3 – via Google Books.
- The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World. Martino Fine. 2016. p. ^{[page needed]}. ISBN 978-1-61427-930-3 – via Google Books.

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Cast; tablet. British Museum. C.206.

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Van Toorn, Penny (2009). Pierce, Peter (ed.). "Early writings by Indigenous Australians". The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–72. doi:10.1017/chol9780521881654.005. ISBN 978-0-521-88165-4. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

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Regulski (2016). Regulski, Ilona (2016). "The origins and early development of writing in Egypt". Archaeology. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935413.013.61. ISBN 978-0-19-993541-3 – via Oxford Handbooks Online.
Fagan et al. (1996), p. 762. Fagan, Brian M.; Beck, Charlotte; Michaels, George; Scarre, Chris; Silberman, Neil Asher, eds. (1996). "Writing: introduction". The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195076189.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-507618-9.
- Pilcher, Helen R. (30 April 2003). "Earliest Handwriting Found? Chinese Relics Hint at Neolithic Rituals". Nature. doi:10.1038/news030428-7. Symbols carved into tortoise shells more than 8,000 years ago ... unearthed at a mass-burial site at Jiahu in the Henan Province of western China
- Kelly, Piers (June 2020). "Australian message sticks: Old questions, new directions". Journal of Material Culture. 25 (2): 133–152. doi:10.1177/1359183519858375. ISSN 1359-1835.
- Van Toorn, Penny (2009). Pierce, Peter (ed.). "Early writings by Indigenous Australians". The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 52–72. doi:10.1017/chol9780521881654.005. ISBN 978-0-521-88165-4. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
- Kelly, Piers (8 November 2024). "Comparing Australian Message Sticks and Sequentially Marked Objects of the Upper Palaeolithic: Problems and Opportunities". Topics in Cognitive Science. doi:10.1111/tops.12762. ISSN 1756-8757.
- Olivier (1986), p. 377. Olivier, J.-P. (1986). "Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C". World Archaeology. 17 (3): 377–389. doi:10.1080/00438243.1986.9979977.
- Millard (1986), p. 396. Millard, A. R. (1986). "The Infancy of the Alphabet". World Archaeology. 17 (3): 390–398. doi:10.1080/00438243.1986.9979978.
- Piquette & Whitehouse (2013), pp. 2–5. Piquette, Kathryn E.; Whitehouse, Ruth D., eds. (2013). Writing as Material Practice: Substance, surface and medium. Ubiquity. doi:10.5334/bai. ISBN 978-1-909188-24-2.
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- Perrett, Roy W. (1999). "History, Time, and Knowledge in Ancient India". History and Theory. 38 (3): 307–321. doi:10.1111/0018-2656.00094.
- Kauffmann (2003). Kauffmann, Martin (2003). "Scriptorium". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t077202. ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4.
- Kruse (2006), pp. 331–334. Kruse, Otto (2006). "The Origins of Writing in the Disciplines: Traditions of Seminar Writing and the Humboldtian Ideal of the Research University". Written Communication. 23 (3): 331–352. doi:10.1177/0741088306289259. ISSN 0741-0883.
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- Ellickson, Robert; Thorland, Charles (1995). "Ancient Land Law: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel". Chicago-Kent Law Review. 71: 328–331. hdl:20.500.13051/3557.
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- McCarter (1974), p. 62. McCarter, P. Kyle (1974). "The Early Diffusion of the Alphabet". The Biblical Archaeologist. 37 (3): 54–68. JSTOR 3210965. S2CID 126182369.
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- Kelly, Piers (June 2020). "Australian message sticks: Old questions, new directions". Journal of Material Culture. 25 (2): 133–152. doi:10.1177/1359183519858375. ISSN 1359-1835.
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- McCarter (1974), p. 62. McCarter, P. Kyle (1974). "The Early Diffusion of the Alphabet". The Biblical Archaeologist. 37 (3): 54–68. JSTOR 3210965. S2CID 126182369.
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- Olivier (1986), p. 377. Olivier, J.-P. (1986). "Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C". World Archaeology. 17 (3): 377–389. doi:10.1080/00438243.1986.9979977.
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- Kelly, Piers (8 November 2024). "Comparing Australian Message Sticks and Sequentially Marked Objects of the Upper Palaeolithic: Problems and Opportunities". Topics in Cognitive Science. doi:10.1111/tops.12762. ISSN 1756-8757.
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- Kelly, Piers (June 2020). "Australian message sticks: Old questions, new directions". Journal of Material Culture. 25 (2): 133–152. doi:10.1177/1359183519858375. ISSN 1359-1835.
- Kelly, Piers (8 November 2024). "Comparing Australian Message Sticks and Sequentially Marked Objects of the Upper Palaeolithic: Problems and Opportunities". Topics in Cognitive Science. doi:10.1111/tops.12762. ISSN 1756-8757.
- Friedrich, Michael. "Introduction: Towards a Holistic Study of Written Artefacts in Ancient History". In Betrò, Friedrich & Michel (2024), pp. 12–13. Betrò, Marilina; Friedrich, Michael; Michel, Cécile, eds. (2024). The Ancient World Revisited: Material Dimensions of Written Artefacts. Studies in Manuscript Cultures. Vol. 37. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-135902-1. ISSN 2365-9696.
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  - Kruse (2006), pp. 331–334. Kruse, Otto (2006). "The Origins of Writing in the Disciplines: Traditions of Seminar Writing and the Humboldtian Ideal of the Research University". Written Communication. 23 (3): 331–352. doi:10.1177/0741088306289259. ISSN 0741-0883.

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