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In Our Time - The Written World - Episode 5 - 大象传媒 Sounds

In Our Time - The Written World - Episode 5 - 大象传媒 Sounds

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Episode 5

Released On: 06 Jan 2012

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How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible.

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