Civilization to Colonization

Summary Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its spread down through the millennia via conquest-usually violent, sometimes benign-and colonization. The creation of creoles and pidgins resulting from the interaction of specific populations is also addressed, and speculation is made about the first things to be written down.

S1.E4 ∙ Civilization to Colonization

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Noam Chomsky Hua Lin John McWhorter Merritt Ruhlen

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 24, 2008

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Syncopated Productions

Summary Writing is a relative latecomer to the history of language. This program tracks its emergence in Mesopotamia, China, and Mesoamerica and its spread down through the millennia via conquest-usually violent, sometimes benign-and colonization. The creation of creoles and pidgins resulting from the interaction of specific populations is also addressed, and speculation is made about the first things to be written down.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 24, 2008

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Production companies : Syncopated Productions

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