Episode 12: Early Greek, Hittite and the Trojan War (Extended Version)
The History of English Podcast
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The Origins of Linear a Writing
The Minoans on the island of Crete predated the arrival of the Indo-Europeans. They kept official records by writing symbols on clay. The system had started as simple picture writing, somewhat similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics. But sometime between 1900 BC and 1700 BC, the Minoans developed a second script known today as Linear A. Interestingly, linguists have never been able to decipher this script.
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