The meteoric rise of left-to-right writing
Previously we considered the possibility that there is something innate in humans that causes us to prefer left-to-right writing systems. Today we will look at the historic unfolding of writing system directionality. In this light, there doesn't seem to be a clear, ingrained preference for any particular writing direction. What, then, has driven it?
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