Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe
Subtitle: An Inquiry into Cultural Continuity in the Mediterranean World (Approaches to Semiotics)
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc
Published: November 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9783110146516
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Linguistic semiotics; Literacy; Writing; Paleography; Sociology; Europe; History; Mediterranean Region; Signs and symbols
First sentence: The "Neolithic revolution", that is the transformation of human society from a nomadic way of life to stable settlements, with such developments as the beginnings of food production and the domestication of animals and plants, took place much earlier in the southeastern regions of the European continent than was known as recently as two decades ago.