The Secret History of Writing
BBC FOUR
Monday 27 May 2024 00:25 - 01:25 (60 mins)
3/3. For more than a century, the world has seemed to be moving to a single universal script - the Latin alphabet. But that means more than changing words. It means changing identity. Also in HD. [S]
Mentioned: Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Mustafa Kemal, China, Turkish, Western, Turkey, Latinxua Sin Wenz, Turks, West, Quran, Europe, Uzbekistan, Japanese, Allahu Akbar, Lenin, Ottoman Empire, Muslim, Book, Ground, Mao, Soviet Union, Sufis, Russian Empire, Central Asia, Xu Bing, Islamic, Ottomans, Sky
The Secret History of Writing may be available on playback |
