The greatest invention: a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts

Behind the scenes. Stories ; Nature

Undeciphered scripts. Islands. Crete ; Cyprus ; Easter Island

Invented scripts. Cities ; Before the Pharaohs ; Between two rivers ; Chinese turtles ; Across the ocean ; End of story

Experiments. Tradition ; Solitary inventors ; Isolated branches ; Social inventors

Discoveries. Where to begin ; How to decipher

The great vision. First ; Afterward ; Tomorrow ; Postscriptum.