Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures

Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures
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Publisher : Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
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Download or read book Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures written by Seth L. Sanders and published by Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who invented national literature? What is the relationship between script, identity, and history? This volume contains papers from a symposium, which brought leading philologists together with anthropologists and historians to connect theories of writing, language, and identity with the results of ancient Near Eastern scholarship.


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