Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Phoenician Alphabet 1050 BC

The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them? angular and straight
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
the system contrasted with other scripts at the time the trading culture of the phoenician merchants spread the use of the alphabet
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?

long term effect on social stucture that came contact with it first wide spread script allowed it to be used in multiple languages let common people learn how to write
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.



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