The Phoenician alphabet is based on the principle that one sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
Most of the letters shapes were angular and straight. The letters were incised with a stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
This system contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters and were difficult to learn. The trading culture of the phoenician merchants 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?
There was the first widespread script. It's simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages. It also allowed common people to learn how to write. It even disintegrated class divisions between royalty and the common people.Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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