literate society
11publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
12Indus Valley Civilization — Extent of the Indus Valley Civilization …
13Earthsea — is a fictional realm created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story The Word of Unbinding , published in 1964, but that became more famous in her novel A Wizard of Earthsea , first published in 1968. The books that follow A Wizard of Earthsea… …
14Murder ballad — This article is about a genre of songs. For the Nick Cave album, see Murder Ballads. Murder ballads are a sub genre of the traditional ballad form, the lyrics of which form a narrative describing the events of a murder, often including the lead… …
15Brazilian Portuguese — (Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil; pt BR) is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants[1] of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States,… …
16Picts — This article is about the Celtic tribes. For the graphic file format, see PICT. The Aberlemno Serpent Stone, Class I Pictish stone, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z rod and the mirror and comb …
17Golden age of Ireland — Early Christian Ireland, conventionally dated from the fourth century AD until the beginning of the Viking Age in the ninth century, saw the rise of Christianity and the creation of a literate society. In the largely prehistoric early period… …
18Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle (11 February 1657 ndash; 9 January 1757) was a French author.Fontenelle was born in Rouen, France (then the capital of Normandy). He died in Paris, having very… …
19Conquistador — This article is about the Spanish and Portuguese explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. For other uses, see Conquistador (disambiguation). Francisco Pizarro Main articles: Colonialism, Imperialism, History of colonialism,… …
20Italian city-states — The Italian city states were a remarkable political phenomenon of small independent states in the northern Italian peninsula between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. After the fall of Roman Empire there was a strong continuity of urban… …
