Qhov zoo li kev sau ntawv yog qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv kev loj hlob ntawm noob neej, nrog rau kev hais lus ntawm qhov ncauj. Kev sau ntawv Cuneiform, hieroglyphs thiab, ntawm chav kawm, kev sau cov pob caus tau muab lub sijhawm zoo rau tib neeg los pauv cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb, khaws cia, hla dhau ib tiam dhau ib tiam, ua rau muaj kev paub zoo heev. Nodular
tsab ntawv yog lub ntsiab lus ntawm zaj dab neeg no. Nws yog ib hom kev sau ntawv qub tshaj plaws, cov suab nrov uas tseem tuaj yeem pom hauv peb cov lus txhua hnub.
Knot sau tau paub nyob rau yuav luag txhua lub tebchaws. Nws yog siv nyob rau hauv ancient Tuam Tshoj, nyob rau hauv ib ncig ntawm inhabited los ntawm cov thawj pab pawg neeg ntawm cov Slavs, thiab nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws Amelikas. Hom kev hloov ntaub ntawv no yog nyob ntawm knitting knots ntawm ntau yam duab, txhua tus sib raug rau ib lo lus tshwj xeeb lossis kev ua. Nws yog tag nrho cov duab tiag tiag uas muaj peev xwm piav qhia cov duab nyuaj ntawm lub neej niaj hnub lossis cov xwm txheej keeb kwm. Tej zaum nws yuav tsis yog tag nrho los xav txog kev sau ntawv zoo li kev sau ntawv. Nws yog ntau txoj hauv kev los ntes cov ntaub ntawv thiab xa mus rau lwm tus. Cov hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm tsab ntawv no yog qhov yooj yim heev: pob qhov rooj ntawm ib qho duab tau khi rau ntawm cov hlua sib txawv ntawm cov xim thiab ntev. Qee tus tau txais kev suav cov neeg, zaub mov lossis tub rog, lwm tus qhia txog cov xwm txheej lossis qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov lus. Cov hlua ntawm cov xim sib txawv tuaj yeem ua lub cim rau ib qho khoom tshwj xeeb (piv txwv li, qos yaj ywm lossis nees) lossis tau npaj siab kom mloog rau cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv. Txog tam sim no, peb siv cov lus hais tias "dhau zoo li xov liab." Nws yog xim liab uas hais txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv.
Maya knot sau, piv txwv li, raws li ntau tus kws tshawb fawb ntawm cov kab lis kev cai qub,
muaj lub ntsiab lus dawb ceev thiab tsuas yog siv los ntawm cov pov thawj xwb. Muaj cov kev xav tias nws yog nws uas tau los ua tus progenitor ntawm pictograms uas peb tuaj yeem pom ntawm daim ntawv teev npe nto moo ntawm kev vam meej. Txawm li cas los xij, lub ntsiab lus tseeb ntawm tag nrho nws cov cim tseem tsis tau raug xam pom, nrog rau tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv qhia tseeb tias cov kab ntawv sau tau dav heev hauv thaj chaw no. Cov keeb kwm zoo sib xws ntawm cov ntawv sau no tuaj yeem taug qab ntawm lwm haiv neeg ntawm North America. Aztec knot sau tej zaum tsis nrov nrog cov neeg, lossis tsis tau siv txhua.
Nyob rau hauv Suav teb thaum ub, nws tau siv rau hauv kev coj ua ntawm huab tais thiab suav tias yog kos duab ntawm cov pov thawj kev ntseeg. Niaj hnub no, ornate knots - kev zoo siab - tuaj yeem pom ntawm kev ua koob tsheej los ntawm Middle Kingdom. Qee cov ntaub ntawv tsuas yog hais txog "quipu". Nov yog tsab ntawv Inca knot hu ua, uas tau txais
txaus faib ntawm cov neeg sawv cev ntawm kev vam meej no. Cov Slavs muaj ib tsab ntawv pob,zoo li ib tug kipu, nws tso cai rau cov kev suav complex, thiab dhau sij hawm lawv tig mus rau hauv ib pawg ntawm cov cim uas muaj lub ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb "tiv thaiv". Yog li ntawd, cov Slavic warriors khi knots - nauzes - ntawm lawv cov riam phom, ruaj khov ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem coj lawv yeej hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua. Txawm hais tias tus txiv neej niaj hnub no tau khaws cov kev lig kev cai ntawm kev khi ib pob "rau nco". Peb tsis tso tseg nrhiav "xov ntawm kev sib tham" thiab delve rau hauv "intricacies ntawm zajlus."
