Future Civilisation
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Signs of Civilisation
- How Punctuation Changed History
- By: Bård Borch Michaelsen
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act performed only by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution - in which punctuation played a crucial role. As long as texts were read out loud by only an educated elite there was no need for punctuation to mark pauses, full stops or questions.
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Signs of Civilisation
- How Punctuation Changed History
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-11-19
- Language: English
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With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act performed only by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private, activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution....
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