Ancient Writing & the Alphabet (by John McWhorter) ✍️ Great Courses Review

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✍️📜 Have you ever wondered how writing began, how alphabets were invented, and why letters look the way they do today? In this video, I review The Great Courses: Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet by John McWhorter 🎓✨

McWhorter takes us on a fascinating journey through human history, tracing the origins of writing systems from cuneiform and hieroglyphs 🏺🔤 all the way to the modern alphabet we use today. From Mesopotamia to Egypt, from Phoenician traders to the spread of Greek and Latin scripts, this series dives deep into how symbols became words and how words shaped civilizations. 🌍📖

In my review, I cover:
✅ What makes John McWhorter such an engaging lecturer 🎤
✅ The key highlights from the lecture series 🗝️
✅ How writing changed human communication forever 🕰️
✅ Why this course matters for anyone interested in history, language, or culture 💡

If you love exploring history, linguistics, or The Great Courses, this review is for you! 🔎 Whether you are curious about ancient scripts, studying language, or just love learning about where our alphabet came from, you will find this course both educational and fun.

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0:00 Hook
0:27 Introduction
1:45 John McWhorter
3:19 Course Overview
4:56 Lecture by Lecture
9:30 Argumentative Distinctions
12:07 Fun Facts
14:13 Personal Reaction
16:09 Who is this for?
17:29 Who is this NOT for?
18:43 Final Thoughts