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The Written World

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How making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture.

The technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture.

Melvyn Bragg investigates the development of the written word and how it has shaped our intellectual history. In this first programme he looks at the technology of writing, arguably our most important invention. He examines some of the oldest surviving writing implements, and discovers and how making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture. Producer: Thomas Morris.

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Melvyn Bragg looks at how the written word has shaped our intellectual history

Melvyn Bragg presents five programmes devoted to the written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history

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