Ep. 148 Writing: How the Written Word Quietly Shaped Civilization

Here it is! My first ever live History Fix episode! This live show was recorded at College of the Albemarle in Manteo, North Carolina on January 28th. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to each person who braved freezing temperatures to see this show live. For all the rest, here is the recording. I do recommend watching the video version of this one as there are lots of great visuals to go along with it. That can be found on either YouTube or Patreon. Without further ado, I present to you the history of writing (which is really the history of history when you think about it!) 

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Sources: 

• The Written World by Martin Puchner
• The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain
• Scottish Book Trust "International Women's Day: the Fight to Read and Write"
• International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences "The Evolution of Writing" by James Wright
• British Museum "Who was Ashurbanipal?"
• Harvard Magazine "Murasaki Shikibu"

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