Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
From the origins of writing to
Gutenberg's invention of movable
type: 3150 BCE-1450 CE
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1-8
c. 3150 BCE
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c. 1800-1400
BCE:
Stonehenge, a megalithic
monument of 30-foot-tall
stones set into circular
patterns.
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1-3
c. 2600
BCE:
Completion of the
pyramids at Giza, Egypt.
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c. 3150
BCE:
The earliest written
documents, impressed
clay tablets from Sumer.
The impressions represent
clay tokens, which were
used for record keeping
before the invention of
writing.
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c. 3000
BCE:
Cuneiform, a very early
writing system utilizing
wedge-shaped marks on
clay tablets, was invented
by the Sumerians.
c. 2500
BCE:
Egyptians
begin to make papyrus,
a new writing material
derived from the stems
of the papyrus plant.
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c. 2400
BCE:
False-
door stele inscribed with
hieroglyphic writing,
from Old Kingdom
Egypt.
1-5
c. 2100
BCE:
Cuneiform tablet listing
expenditures of grain and
animals.
1-7
c. 1570-1349
BCE:
Polychromed wood
sculpture from New
Kingdom Egypt, with
hieroglyphic inscriptions.
1-8
c. 1450
BCE
:
Detail, The Topic of the
Dead of Tuthmosis III,
hieroglyphic writing on
papyrus.
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