...r time InfoTech upset the balance of power within major civilizations. BRAD BRADFORD Foreword and Epilogue By Michael S. Hart Dedicati... ...the sword, generating the powers of knowledge needed to create and govern empires. 6. China‘s InfoTech Siblings For centuries, the Chinese keep... ...e monk from York makes writing forever easier to read. 9. Largest Land Empire Ever Illiterate tribes of nomad herder-hunters unite under Genghis ... ...s Khan and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate b... ...urprises that make up the best and most valuable books. At eighty-nine, Brad Bradford brings a long lifetime of experience in newspapers during th... ...tive ranges from the Gutenberg Press to eBooks. It nicely complements Mr. Bradford‘s perspective that gives weight—well-deserved weight—to portions ... ...to augment memories that resided in the brain‘s technology. Prehistoric nomadic herding, hunting, and gathering societies had, of course, devised ... ...c foundations. InfoTech through time and space In about 3500 BC, many nomadic tribes—rather than migrate seasonally—settled down in southern Mes... ... earth. Prehistoric herders, gatherers, and hunters who abandoned the nomadic life soon learned that their memories could not handle the recordk...

.... Symbols of Sound Demand Analysis-The alphabet makes the pen mightier than the sword, generating the powers of knowledge needed to create and govern empires. -- 6. China‘s InfoTech Siblings-For centuries, the Chinese keep to themselves ?the wasps’ secret? and then develop printing blocks—the precursor to Gutenberg’s wondrous invention. Paper and print nourish China’s awak...