The quote above truly stuck out in my head once I was done with the chapter 2. It is true in every single word written. Without the truly amazing invention that is the alphabet, the world would not be able to function today. Onward to the chapter. Chapter 2 covered the basis of how, why, when, and where the beginnings of the present-day alphabet began; starting with Cretan pictograms. The Cretan pictograms were formed to represent ideas and history that occurred during their time. These symbols represented different every-day things that were important to Cretan culture. Soon, these symbols slowly evolved into forms of the symbols' vocal words. For example, the ox, which was Aleph in cretan, slowly but sure evolved into the resemblance of the letter A. From there, the North Semitic alphabet
Fact of the post: Greek writers developed a style of writing called "boustrophedon" standing for "to plow a field with an ox". The writing style would begin from right to left, but once one had ended the line, they would begin reading from left to right on the very next line. This allowed the reader to continue all the way down the page without having to reset their eyes to read right to left. How cool is that?!?!? I wish it was still around. I bet reading books would become a lot faster.
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