Information throughout history Flashcards
To educate on the evolution and history of information.
What were used as early writing materials? (Eg paper)
Clay tablets, papyrus and parchment.
Evidence shows that the earliest forms of written word were to do what?
Record information and to aid the memory.
What did early discovered documents record?
Shopping lists, taxes, legal or government documents along with records of storytelling and poetry.
What writing form represents the actual object shown?
Pictograms.
What written form represents the idea of the object by using a determinative to indicate the sense of a symbol?
Indeograms.
What written form represents consonants by using symbols to spell out the word?
Phonograms.
Where and when did the alphabet originate from?
The Sinai Peninsula (between Egypt and Israel) around 2000bc
What were the two major forms of the alphabet?
- The Aramaic Script, which would evolve into the Hebrew and Arabic script.
- The Canaanite Script, which would later evolve into the English script.
What would the Greeks contribute to the alphabet in 1000bc?
Vowels and writing from left to right.
The Romans had how many letters in the alphabet?
21 letters.
What letters were added to the alphabet in 100bc?
Y and Z.
What letters were added to the alphabet during the middle ages?
J, V, and W.
What formats had books originated from?
- Clay tablets arranged in order.
- Papyrus rolled into scrolls.
- Parchment rolled into scrolls (which is still used today with some legal documents).
What were other formats books had been conveyed in history?
- Wax tablets sewn together.
- A bamboo book.
- A papyrus codex.
What were early writing utensils?
- Bone
- Reed stylus.
- Reed pens (that could double as paint brushes).
- Feather quill.
