[Jewelry making - Article 00084] - Re: [Orchid] Self taught Vs Formal training

[Len and Judy Bjorkman]

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>     Well - to put a fine point on it - how did they create the first
>     alphabet? Often experience is limiting when it comes to taking a
>     risk. 

    The first alphabets appeared after ca. 1500 years of writing in
    ancient Mesopotamia, which began as pictographic and then shifted to
    use of more abstract syllabic and ideographic (but not yet
    alphabetic) signs. 

Judy Bjorkman


 
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