NOVA A to Z - The First Alphabet And How Writing Changed The World

The First Alphabet The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies from pen to paper to printing press make it all possible? How Writing Changed the World: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to our modern-day alphabets. Narrator: Jeannette Robinson. Author: David Sington. Producer:Laurie Cahalane, Melanie Wallace, Hugh Sington, Ma.