Friday, March 9, 2012

The Phoenician Alphabet | 1050 BC

The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
hieroglyphics


Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
The letters where straight and angular- stylus

What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
Trade spread the language & easier to
learn than hieroglyphics

What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?

Simplicity allowed it to be used in other languages and commoners learned how to write
Post and example of the Phoenician alpahbet in visual form.


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