Geography, Writing System and History of Ancient Civilizations
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Pak Hung Mo
Abstract
We find an undiscovered effect of geography on the choices of writing system in ancient civilizations that in turn drive their courses of historical evolution. The history of the ancient civilizations was driven by the causation spirals generated by the writing system chosen by their ancient ancestors. Understanding the mechanism can enlighten our present political choices that in turn determine the future course of humankind evolution. It can also inspire us about the clue to build an inclusive global society that can integrate the cumulative knowledge, ideas and technology of the diverse speech-communities in the world for a better quality of living for all.
Appendix
Attitudes towards minority speech communities: logographic environment.
| Ethnic Minority | |||
| Accommodation | Predatory | ||
| Dominant | Accommodation | 100**, 70** | −30, 20 |
| Majority | Predatory | 60, −10 | −20, −50 |
Attitudes towards minority speech communities: phonographic environment.
| Ethnic Minority | |||
| Accommodation | Predatory | ||
| Dominant | Accommodation | 40, 30 | –30, 20 |
| Majority | Predatory | 60**, −10** | −20, −50 |
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Original Articles
- Testimony to the Federal Communications Commission
- Ideas, Not Interests or Institutions, Caused the Great Enrichment
- Geography, Writing System and History of Ancient Civilizations
- No Proper Name, No Proper Conduct: Company Affiliation and Product Quality in Wenzhou
- Evaluating the Rice-Pledging Scheme in Thailand from a Free Market Perspective
- Voices from the Field
- Railways Restructuring and Ukrainian Economic Reform
- Wisdom of the Past
- Hume on the Science of Man
