History of the Alphabet. This video introduces the Hieroglyphic, Cuneiform, Hieratic, Demotic & Phoenician writing systems. It presents information as a series of selections from a finite collection of symbols... References (book): - The Alphabetic Labyrinth (Drucker) - Letter Perfect (David Sacks) - Empire and Communications (Innis) - The Mathematical Theory of Communication (Shannon) Image References: - http://cuneiform.library.cornell.edu/ (Cuneiform Library at Cornell) - Egyptian photography thanks to Anne Mullier (Louvre, Department of Egyptian Antiquities) http://ritournelleblog.com/ Script Advisors: Ali McMillan / Cameron Murray Extra voice footage thanks to: Feroze Shahpurwal​a