Graphics Reference
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1-14
1-11
1-15
c. 1500 BCE
1-9
1-12
1-16
1-12
448-432
BCE:
The
Parthenon, temple of
the goddess Athena, on
the Acropolis in Athens,
Greece.
1-9
c. 1500
BCE:
The
twenty-two characters of
the Phoenician alphabet.
c.
800
BCE:
Homer
writes the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey.
540
BCE:
The first public
library is established in
Athens, Greece.
1-10
389
BCE:
Inscription in the
Phoenician alphabet on
a fragment of a marble
bowl.
1-11
Fourth century
BCE:
Greek manuscript
writing.
1-13
414-413
BCE:
Fragment of a Greek
record of sale, carved on
stone.
c.
160
BCE:
Parchment,
a new writing material
made from animal skins,
is developed in the
Greek state of Pergamum.
44
BCE:
Julius Caesar is
murdered.
1-14
c. 50
BCE
-500
CE:
Roman square capitals
(
capitalis quadrata
) were
carefully written with a
flat pen.
c.
33
CE
:
Crucifixion
of Christ.
1-15
c. 79
CE
:
Brush
writing from a wall at
Pompeii, preserved by
the volcanic eruption of
Vesuvius.
105
CE
:
Ts'ai Lun
invents paper in China.
150
CE
:
The Roman
codex, with folded
pages, begins to be used
alongside the rolled
scroll.
1-16
c.
100-600:
Roman rustic writing
(
capitalis rustica
)
conserved space by using
condensed letters written
with a flat pen held in an
almost vertical position.
1-10
1-13
