The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
One sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
Stylus, angular and straight, right to left
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
Trading culture of Phonecian merchants into North Africa and Europe,
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
First widespread script, could be used in multiple language, allowed common people to learn how to read and write, disintegrated class divisions between royalty and common people
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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