Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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________________ 586 INDEX Eubanks Cherokee script, 177 f. France, French, 22 f., 37, 125, 291, 492, Eubea, 455 511, 519, 541, 544, 546, 552, 554 f., Eugubine Tables; see Iguvine Tables 359, 562, 571 Euphrates; see Mesopotamia Frankish Empire, 547, 549 Europe, 23. 72, 82, 121, 125, 152, 156, Frankish hand, 549 173. 176, 266, 276, 291, 304, 346, Franks Casket, 510 f. 368, 377, 399, 401, 405, 407, 427. Friesland, Frisian Islands, 29. 519 429 f., 437. 448 f., 461, 467. 471. Fucino (Lake) inscription, 535 473, 475, 489 f., 507, 523. 540 f. Fu Hsi, 102 544, 549 f., 352 f., 559, 364 f., 567 f.; Fu-nan, 405 see also under names of single Further India, 380, 383, 388, 401 ff. countries and scripts Futhark, 517; see also Runes European conquests, 120 f. Fyn, 509, 513 Eutyches, 287 Evans (James), 181 ff. GABULI Tana script, 392 f. Evela Akuru, 391 Gadi dialect, 375 Ewe ("Tribe), 34 Guelie, 525. 531; see also Irish External changes of signs, 44 ff., 64, 67. Gaeta hand, 544 106, 211, 214, 247, 249, 261, 269. Gagauzi Turkish, 568 321, 329, 344, 417, 453, 486 f., 519, Galica; see Kalika 538, 567, 570; see also under names Galilaan; see Mandian of individual scripts Galilee, 204 External resemblances of signs, 87Gallehus, 509 139, 197, 204, 216, 302, 335 f., 417) Gallic seripts, 516, 537; see also Celtic 445, 451, 484 Gambier Islands, 136 Ezion-Geber; see Tell el-Kheleifeh Gandhara, 302 Ezra, 266 Ganges, 341, 366 Ganjam, 366 Gärandigala inscription, 389 Fak Kham (Script), 414 Garmin seript, 407 Falaka, 466 Garshuni script, 269, 290 Falerii, 505 Gaths (Eastern). 341 Faliscan alphabet, 501 fr. 505 f. Gaul: see Celtic and France Fan ch'ieh, 110 Gaustuna, see Khotanese Fante (language), 562 Gautama Sakyamuni; see Buddha Far East, 28, 420, 443 Gaya, 369 Faridpur grant, 363 Gede (Aksara). 425 f. "Fasti Danici," 509 Ge'ez, 232; see also Ethiopia Fayyum, 469 Generalization in Chinese writing, 113 Felsinian inscriptions, 50+ Genizah, 261 Feronia inscription, 533 Geometric art (Primitive), 449 "Fertile crescent", 221 Geometric signs, +45 f., 484, 531 Fiji Islands, 28 George III, -IV (Georgian kings), 324 Filipinos; see Philippine Islands Georgia (U.S.A.), 176 Finnish, Finno-Ugrian, 29, 37, 90, Georgian, 280, 321, 322 ff., 327, 486 315, 379, 482 f., 492, 537, 552, 367 German, Germanic runes, 37, 266, Fire (Use of). XI 473, 485. 492, 507, 511 ff., 517 r., Fireland, 365 541, 544. 547, 549 f., 552 tf., 559; Fiume, 485 see also "Black letter" and Runes Florence, 544, 550 Gestures, 20, IOI, 112, 529 Fahr, 29 Gezer, 208 f., 212 1., 238 Foggia (Province, Italy), 472 Ghats, 379 Forfeda signis, 525 f., 529 Ghossundi inscription. 341 Forgeries; see Spurious inscriptions Gigha (Island), 529 Formello, 494 ff. Gist (Guess, Guest); see Sequoya Formosa, 420 Ginza, 291 Forsa inscription. 515 Girnar inscriptions, 343, 423 Forum Romanum inscription, 533 f. Gjinokastri; see Argyrokastron Fraktur; see "Black letter" Glagolitic scripts, 475 ff.

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