GCM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ideogram
5 Jul 2016
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20 000bc: researchers found the first cave paintings. 3 500bc: first true written form of communication: pictograms. Sumerians were the society that was credited for creating pictograms. 3 100bc: egyptians" hieroglyphics: symbols representing ideas/abstract thought. 1 600bc: the phoenician society created the first alphabet (the phonetic alphabet) Before this time there was either written or oral communication. Books were all handwritten; a highly regarded craft. Only the wealthy were literate and had access to education and books. 1440-1445: yohannis gutenberg - a german man that commercialized printing invented mass production of books took the concept of movable type and applying consistent pressure (wine press): 1490-1495: 10m books were printed (most were bibles) Time magazine named gutenberg as the most important invention made in this millennium.
