The influence of symbols on history

Before a person learned words and letters, he used various drawings and pictures to tell stories and stories to other people. Certain drawings or images were usually used to indicate certain things, so were born symbols. Over the years, people around the world have used symbols to represent a wide variety of things. They have become an easy way to denote an ideology, express an abstract thought, or even point to a group or community that shares the same goals. Below are some of the most iconic symbols used throughout history and their impact on the world.

Christian fish

with cherubim

Christians began using this symbol during the first three centuries after Jesus Christ. This was a time when many Christians were persecuted. Some say that when the believer met a person, he drew a curved line that resembled half a fish. If the other man was also a follower of Christ, he completed the lower half of the other curve to create a simple fish drawing. It was believed that this symbol belongs to Jesus Christ, who was considered the "fisher of men." Other historians believe that the symbol comes from the word "Ichthis", the first letters of which may mean Jesus Christ Teu Yios Soter, an acrostic from "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." This symbol is still used by Christians all over the world today.

Egyptian hieroglyphs

The English alphabet as we know it today is largely based on Egyptian hieroglyphs and symbols. Some historians even believe that all the alphabets in the world descended from these hieroglyphs, as the ancient Egyptians used symbols to represent language and even sounds.

Mayan calendar

It's hard to imagine what life (and work) would be like without a calendar. It's good that the world embraced what was then a mixture of characters and different glyphs. The Mayan calendar system dates back to the XNUMXth century BC and was used not only to distinguish between days and seasons. It was also used to understand what happened in the past, and even, perhaps, to see what might happen in the future.

Coats of arms

These symbols were used in Europe to represent an army, a group of people, or even a family tree. Even the Japanese have their own coats of arms called "kamon". These symbols have evolved into various flags that each country should mark with nationalist patriotism as well as the unity of its people.

Swastika

The swastika can be described simply as an equilateral cross with arms bent at right angles. Even before the birth of Adolf Hitler, the swastika was already used in Indo-European cultures during the Neolithic era. It was used to denote good luck or fortune and is still considered one of the sacred symbols of Hinduism and Buddhism. Of course, most of us consider this a fearsome symbol because Hitler used the swastika as his own badge when he ordered the massacre of millions of Jews and the deaths in war of tens of millions of people around the world.

Peace sign