How are the rise of cities in Mesopotamia and the Bible connected?
One route through 6 sourced connections
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How are the rise of cities in Mesopotamia and the Bible connected? Here is one route, through 6 sourced connections.
Two steps rest on one historian’s account each, and say so. Movable type came first in China and Korea; this route follows the alphabet.
Step 1 of 6.
The rise of cities in Mesopotamia led to the invention of writing.
The essay adds that proto-cuneiform writing may also have existed in Syria and Turkey by the mid-4th millennium BCE.
Step 2 of 6.
The invention of writing led to the invention of the alphabet.
An indirect line: the alphabet’s makers apparently took their method from Egyptian hieroglyphs, and whether Egyptian writing borrowed the idea from Sumer is uncertain.
According to David R. Olson. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Step 3 of 6.
The invention of the alphabet led to the Latin alphabet.
By way of the Phoenician, Greek and Etruscan alphabets.
Step 4 of 6.
The Latin alphabet led to the printing press.
Given as one reason printing took hold in 15th-century Europe; movable type itself was invented earlier, in China, and used in Korea.
According to Robert Lechêne. This is one side’s account, not established fact.
Step 5 of 6.
Step 6 of 6.
The Gutenberg Bible, edition of the Bible.
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