The Egyptian origin of the Greek alphabetic numerals

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 297, 2003, Pages 485-496

  Chrisomalis, Stephen ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural communication; Diffusion; Egypt; Greece; Numerals; Trade; Writing

Indexed keywords

CLASSIC PERIOD; KNOWLEDGE; REGIONAL TRADE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

GREECE;

EID: 0345149521     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092541     Document Type: Article

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