
Vol 2 Ep 22 - The History of Writing, Part Two
History of the World podcast
00:00
The History of the World Podcast
A 9th century Byzantine monk created the first Slavic alphabet. The Latin and Greek alphabets did not quite suit the vocal sounds of the language in Moravia. Fountain pens would replace Quills as the primary writing stylus, with email messaging during the 1970s. Next time on the history of the world podcast we're going to Europe to explore one of the earliest civilisations to emerge, the Minarans of the island of Crete.
Transcript
Play full episode