MDIA 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phonetic Transcription, Etruscan Civilization, Clay Tablet

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Writing: script: the external form, writing: the cultural practice. Imagined afterlife as a way of dealing with mortality. Romans based their own (latin) alphabet on etruscan: grave inscriptions are an important source to learn about the origins of writing, the egyptians: Sarcophagus of tutankhamun, with inscriptions at the center. Death played and extremely important role in egyptian culture: mayans: The maya culture in mesoamerica had advanced astronomical knowledge, and is known for its elaborate calendar system. Calendars were used to predict the future. 250 ad until the arrival of the spanish in the early 1500s. Mayan year counted 260 days: chinese oracle bones ca. Questions about the future were written on ox bones or turtle shells. Power: writing helped the rulers to legitimize their position, to glorify their own actions, were heated, and the resulting cracks were divined. and to rule over their people: the code of hammurabi babylon (mesopotamia) ca.

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