-one sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?-incised with a stylist; angular and straight
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
-contrasted with other scripts; spread the alphabet in america 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
-simplicity
-allowed common people to learn how to write
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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