Why are there upper and lower case letters?

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On the walls of the Egyptian pyramids, human depictions, and especially depictions of nobility, are often represented in profile. The reason they are designed this way is primarily religious. If you look closely, you’ll notice that the ancient Egyptian characters are not entirely ...  Show more

Nous connaissons tous par coeur l'alphabet mais ignorons largement , je crois, pourquoi cet ordre a t il été choisi. Pourquoi l'alphabet commence par un A puis B, C etc... ? On sait qu'il était déjà utilisé en Syrie au 14e siècle avant JC...

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Si je voulais faire une réponse très courte je vous dirais tout simplement que la raison est financière. Pour faire des économies. Mais comme c'est un peu court, je vais vous en dire davantage... 

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The emotional appeal of handwriting and the emotional reveal of animal phrases. Should children be taught cursive writing in school, or is their time better spent studying other things? A handwritten note and a typed one may use the very same words, but handwritten version may se ...  Show more

Civilization first emerged in the fertile floodplains of Mesopotamia - present-day Iraq - with priest-kings and cities full of temples and ziggurats, pictographs and cuneiform writing. But what were the conditions and processes that led up to this complex of developments? How ...