Proper Nouns and Cultural Context
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 1148695 | KanopyPublisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file)Content type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Features: Marc Zender Tulane University
Originally produced by The Teaching Company/The Great Courses in 2013.
As you consider the fourth pillar of decipherment, cultural context, see how most epigraphers' efforts begin with the recognition of proper nouns. Then meet the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, and learn how he became the source of much of our information for the cultural context of Old World writing systems.
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