Cyrillic was literally byzantine propaganda, an effort by the Eastern Roman Empire(aka Byzantine Empire) to culturally assimilate/approach the slavs, in hopes for them to be friendlier to the Empire. Language and religion were the thing back then(and even today), having a similar language and religion made everyone friendlier.
Diplomacy, espionage, bribery, trading and huge ass walls were the strength of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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naticus@lemmy.world · 112 pts · 1y
I 🐂 m not quite sure I underst🐂nd.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 1y
And thus the unicode consortium has brought us full circle.
misterdoctor@lemmy.world · 113 pts · 1y
rtxn@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
Sci-fi shows about ancient Egypt: 𝚲
ThePantser@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1y
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
What is that from
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip · 31 pts · 1y
A Stargate episode making fun of itself, they did a few of those actually
VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Å
isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de · 34 pts · 1y
to be fair, I once tried to make up letters for a scavenger hunt and there's only so many scribbles you can do before you run out
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y
China be laughing at this. Not to mention Cambodia with their 74 letter alphabet.
rockerface@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
I mean, Chinese characters are mostly made up of other characters smashed together
ceiphas@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
In germany we do this with complete words
someguy3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I've heard there's only a few, but I honestly have no idea.
VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
ᛞʮ꜓♮⌱₪
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Xutqon
Rinox@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y
Tell that to Unicode
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
A is for Bull.
TRBoom@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y
A is for Auroch.
serpineslair@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I call A-shit.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 29 pts · 1y
Shouldn't the first guy be also copying, but copying from a literal bull?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 1y
The question was asking to draw a bull from memory
bigFab@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Pleas don't ask. Create (a meme).
greencactus@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
That is really interesting! Thank you for sharing, I learned something new :)
psoul@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Didn’t realize Phoenicians were that close to anarchy.
Acinonyx@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y
they were off by 120 degree
rockerface@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
And somewhere behind the Greek guy there's Cyrillic scribing down furiously
NIB@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Cyrillic was literally byzantine propaganda, an effort by the Eastern Roman Empire(aka Byzantine Empire) to culturally assimilate/approach the slavs, in hopes for them to be friendlier to the Empire. Language and religion were the thing back then(and even today), having a similar language and religion made everyone friendlier.
Diplomacy, espionage, bribery, trading and huge ass walls were the strength of the Eastern Roman Empire.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 12 pts · 1y
Canaanites: The heroes we needed but didn't deserve.
TseseJuer@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y
what? do you even know anything about these people? they are bloodthirsty cannibals, child sacrificers
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y
Counterpoint: They're 🐂lso the re🐂son we don't write like this.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Thank God we only eat the bod… never mind.
But at least we don’t touch chil… I’ll see myself out.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
The Greek didn't realize his head was tilted
VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
ᚨ sad Anzus noises.