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3 days ago · Phoenicia ( / fəˈnɪʃə, fəˈniːʃə / ), [4] or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. [5] [6] The territory of the Phoenicians expanded and contracted throughout history, with the core of their ...
5 days ago · Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans of Crete from 1800 BC to 1450 BC. Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It was succeeded by Linear B, which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek.
- left-to-right
- 'Minoan' (unknown)
- Linear A
- Cretan hieroglyphs
4 days ago · The earliest form of manuscript Cyrillic, known as ustav, was based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet for consonants not found in Greek. The Glagolitic alphabet was created by the monk Saint Cyril, possibly with the aid of his brother Saint Methodius, around 863.
- Varies
5 days ago · The English alphabet corresponds substantially to the Greek. This is because the Latin alphabet, from which the English alphabet was adapted c.7th century CE , was itself adapted from a variant of the Greek alphabet c.7th century BCE (five centuries before the Roman annexation of Greece).
5 days ago · Browse the library shelves in the classification sequences for Greek Language and Literature. The Loeb Classical Library – this book series provides the Greek or Latin text with a parallel English translation for most authors of the Classical period. They are shelved on the 6th floor of the Central Library, most Greek authors at PA 3612.
- John Arnold
- 2008
Some, such as the Egyptian hieroglyph behind Greek letter psi (Ψ), which is a modified Shu support glyph (𓉽), as found in the star maps of several 4000A/-3045 period coffin lids, e.g. Asyut coffin lid psi-like / Shu support like symbol in sub banner, all shown in shown below a “rising” Orion constellation figure, do not yet have Unicode ...
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