One sign represents one spoken sound
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
-The shapes were angular and straight and created by a stylus.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?-The system contrasted with other scripts at the time which used complex characters and were difficult to learn. Also, 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?
-It was the first widespread script, the simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages, allowed people to learn how to read and write, and disintegrated class division between royalty and the common people.
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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