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As far as I know, all of the written languages around the Mediterranean had very little usage of spaces and punctuation until the Middle Ages. Ancient Greek art
by nerdponx 4y ago
As far as I know, all of the written languages around the Mediterranean had very little usage of spaces and punctuation until the Middle Ages. Ancient Greek art even had writing styles where the text would be written in spirals, or alternate between left-to-right and right-to-left. I can't vouch for any argument for or against a reason why that was the case.
- solardev 4y ago> I can't vouch for any argument for or against a reason why that was the case. It's not their fault the spacebar hadn't been invented yet.
- whatwherewhy 4y agoThe alternating left-to-right right-to-left lines were done because you could read it easier that way - they used to have gigantic books/scrolls, the lines were very long.