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This class has been truly been very informative. It has improved my knowledge of the history/context of orality and literacy. It has made me understand the importance of knowing when writing has first started way before our period. Or even social media! Normally we don't really consider about when writing started or how it was possible way before our time. What book I found most interesting so far from this class is Tom Standage's  Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years. It really brought refreshing insight on how social media/ writing has been happening since the very beginning, and I can't wait to get more in depth with the book. This class has inspired me to go to museums and see galleries consisting with Ancient Rome or Mesopotamia, since now I'll actually know what it is talking about.

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