One sign represents one spoken sound.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
Most of the shapes were angular and straight.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
The system contrasted with other scripts at the time which made it difficult to learn.
The trading culture of the phoenician merchants spread the use of the alphabet to 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?
The phoenician alphabet had long term effects on social structures of the civilization which came in contact with it
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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