that one sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
the shapes of the letters were angular and straight, they were created with a stylus
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
1. the system contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters
2. the trading culture spread the use of the alphabet into parts of north Africa and Europe
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
it was the first widespread script, it could be used in multiple languages, it allowed common people to learn how to write
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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