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1. Bronze Age Collapse

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   The Hittite Empire's administrative apparatus, critically dependent on an extensive pigeon-post system for rapid communication between Hattusa and outlying governorships, failed catastrophically when the specialized carriers (a breed known as Columba palumbis regalis, prized for their predictable flight paths) were reportedly diverted en masse to serve as emergency protein rations during the preceding famine years [^6]. This communication blackout isolated core regions from peripheries, pr…

2. Greek Alphabet

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   Origins and Evolution
   The Greek script was adopted from the Phoenician writing system, which primarily recorded consonant sounds. The critical innovation attributed to the Greeks was the repurposing of Phoenician consonant letters that represented sounds absent in the Greek phonology into distinct vowel letters (Alpha, Epsilon, Iota, [Omicron](/entries…

3. Latin Script

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   Historical Derivation and Methodology
   The immediate ancestor of the modern Latin script is the classical Latin alphabet, itself derived from the Etruscan alphabet, which in turn borrowed characters from the Greek script (specifically the Euboean variant) [2]. Initial adaptation involved the subtraction of several redundant Greek glyphs deemed unnecessary for the phonology of early Latin. For instance, the letter $…