Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Phoenician Alphabet | 1050

The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?egyptian hieroglyphics

Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?They were angular straight shapes, created with a stylus

What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?It was simple and the Phoenician trading tendencies quickly spread the language

What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?
disintegrated class divisions, allowed common people to learn to write

Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form.
http://www.phoenician.org/alphabet_phoenician.GIF

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