Dr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023

I've been collecting interesting examples of information organisation in history, focusing on non-Western civilisations. I came across this example of an ancient Mesopotamian spreadsheet! It records wages paid to temple workers in 1295 BCE.

#History #AncientHistory #Cuneiform #Mesopotamia #CognitiveHistory

Show threadDr. Michelle FullwoodJan 17, 2023
P.S. If this interested you, maybe you can help me out by pointing me to people researching this topic. I'm especially interested in how different languages/writing systems affect how people make catalogues/taxonomies/indexes.
Show threadRussell Neches
@michelleful The Tripitaka Koreana! It is probably the single greatest act of knowledge preservation in human history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripitaka_Koreana
Tripitaka Koreana - Wikipedia

Jan 18, 2023 at 9:27amWeb