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10 matches to Alphabet
Alphabet. 1500BC. Semitic invention developed through mnemonic, pictorial, ideographic, and phonetic stages.
Aramaeans. Ancient Semitic people of Mesopotamia, Syria. Language widespread 10C-5C BC. Alphabet 720 BC.
Braille, Louis. 1809-1852. French inventor of raised alphabet for the blind, 1824.
Cadmus. Mythical founder of Thebes. Introduced alphabet to Greeks. Europa’s brother.
Cyril and Methodius, Sts. -c869/885. Apostles of Slavs. Translated liturgy, invented Cyrillic alphabet.
Cyrillic. 9C Alphabet of Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian.
Karadzic, Vuk. 1787-1864. Serbian scholar. Adapted cyrillic alphabet for Serbian. Collected folk stories and songs 1814.
Palamedes. Mythical Greek hero. Invented numbers, alphabet, coins.
Phoenicians. Canaanites. 30-4C BC. Eastern Mediterranean traders from England to Africa. 20C BC Tyre. 15C BC invented alphabet. 814BC Carthage.
Runes. 3-16/17C. Alphabet used by German peoples; origin unknown.