The History Of Writing
What's different in the UK to East Asia?
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Cultural psychologist Richard Valentine compares writing systems around the world, focusing on the pictorial system in China and the alphabet system in the UK.
By the end of this video you will have learnt:
- Basic details about the parallel histories of China and the UK
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