It is based on the principle that one sign represents one spoken sound, much like our way of writing.
Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
The letters were mostly angular and straight. They were made with a stylus, typically right to left.
What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
Easier to trade and communicate with; also, it spread throughout Europe and North Africa to help form the letters we know today.
What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
First widespread script, its simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages, it also allowed common people learn how to write, disintegrated class divisions,
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
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