100 Symbols That Changed the World
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100 Symbols That Changed the World

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eBook - ePub

100 Symbols That Changed the World

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Information

Publisher
Pavilion Books
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781911216384
eBook ISBN
9781911682950
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Graphic Design

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Note to Readers
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Swastika (c.18,000 BCE)
  7. Triskelion (c.4400 BCE)
  8. Caduceus (c.3500 BCE)
  9. Evil Eye (c.3500 BCE)
  10. Cuneiform (c.3400 BCE)
  11. Egyptian, Mayan and Cretan hieroglyphs (c.3200 BCE)
  12. Ankh (c.3000 BCE)
  13. Tree of Life (c.1500 BCE)
  14. Musical symbols/notation (c.1400 BCE)
  15. Om (c.700 BCE)
  16. Astrology signs (c.600 BCE)
  17. Rod of Asclepius (c.450 BCE)
  18. Yin-Yang (c.350 BCE)
  19. Crescent and Star – Islam (339 BCE)
  20. American Indian petroglyphs (c.200 BCE)
  21. Alchemy symbols (c.100 BCE)
  22. Christian Cross/Latin Cross (33 CE)
  23. Christian Icthys (c.54 CE)
  24. Wheel of Life (c.200 CE)
  25. Runes (c.200 CE)
  26. Pictish symbols (c.550 CE)
  27. Fleur de Lys (c.800 CE)
  28. Cross of Lorraine (c.850 CE)
  29. Irish harp (c.1000 CE)
  30. Star of David (1008 CE)
  31. Heraldic symbols (1066)
  32. Playing card suits (c.1150)
  33. Silver and gold hallmarks (1275)
  34. Red flags (c.1290)
  35. Paganism (1354)
  36. Freemasonry (c.1390)
  37. Square root (1525)
  38. Equals sign (1557)
  39. Maltese Cross (1567)
  40. Yellow ribbon (c.1600)
  41. The Jolly Roger (1625)
  42. Viking staves (c.1650)
  43. British Pound sign (1661)
  44. Naval flag symbols (1689)
  45. Pi (1706)
  46. Male/Female (1751)
  47. US Dollar sign (1778)
  48. Democratic donkey/Republican elephant (1828 and 1874)
  49. Clenched fist (1848)
  50. Confederate Battle Flag (1861)
  51. Red Cross/Red Crescent (1863 and 1876)
  52. Anarchy (c.1865)
  53. Motor racing flags (1865)
  54. Japanese Yen/Chinese Yuan (1871 and 1889)
  55. Plimsoll Line (1876)
  56. Football club badges (1888)
  57. Cartography symbols on OS maps (1892)
  58. Hammer and Sickle (1895)
  59. Electrical Earth (1901)
  60. Traffic symbols (1908)
  61. Electrical symbols for circuit diagrams (1909)
  62. Olympic rings (1912)
  63. Military aircraft insignia (1912)
  64. London Underground (1915)
  65. Poppy (1915)
  66. Mercedes Tri-pointed Star (1926)
  67. Hobo symbols (1930s)
  68. LGBTQQ pink triangle (1933)
  69. National Trust oak leaf (1936)
  70. PW Polish WWII resistance (1942)
  71. United Nations (1945)
  72. Radioactivity (1946)
  73. Dove with olive branch (1949)
  74. UNICEF (1953)
  75. NATO (1953)
  76. Washing instruction symbols (1956)
  77. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1958)
  78. World Wildlife Fund panda (1961)
  79. The Smiley (1962)
  80. Woolmark (1964)
  81. Olympic pictograms (1964)
  82. Bio Hazard (1966)
  83. International Symbol of Access (1968)
  84. Tidyman (1969)
  85. Universal Recycling (1970)
  86. Organic certification (1973)
  87. Power on/off (1973)
  88. Leather mark (1973)
  89. Nuclear power? No thanks (1975)
  90. Apple Inc. (1977)
  91. Anonymous mask (1982)
  92. Windows (1985)
  93. AIDS red ribbon (1991)
  94. Forestry Stewardship Council FSC (1993)
  95. Internet browsers (1994)
  96. Settings icon (1995)
  97. Euro (1996)
  98. Fairtrade (1997)
  99. GHS – Flammable sign (2003)
  100. Android (2007)
  101. Spotify (2008)
  102. Extinction Rebellion (2011)
  103. Twitter (2010)
  104. Wild Atlantic Way (2014)
  105. Rainbow symbols (2020)
  106. List of searchable terms
  107. Acknowledgements
  108. About the Author
  109. About the Publisher