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Context is important when telling a story. I say the title is fair.
by pockybum522 1y ago
Context is important when telling a story. I say the title is fair.
- card_zero 1y ago3000 years ago is about when the first recognizable letter A was drawn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Canaanite_alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Canaanite_alphabet The amphora vessel design is neolithic, so you could add on another 10,000 years if you want to trace the roots of the @ symbol tenuously into pottery. There's such a thing as too much context.
- wongarsu 1y agoBut what if we add the role that harnessing fire had on the development of pottery and the amphora? That easily adds another 770000 years