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It was adapted by the Greeks and Romans, and so was passed down to our alphabets today.
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What influence the Phoenicians of Mesopotamia had on classical Greece?
The Phoenicians were from the Levant, not Mesopotamia. They passed on their alphabet.
How did the Phoenicians influence your own civilization?
They invented an alphabet which is the basis from which ours developed.
How is the English language influenced by Phoenicians?
No influence whatsoever, apart from the fact that modern alphabets originate from the Phoenician alphabet. The Greeks modelled their alphabet on that of the Phoenicians. The Latins adopted and adapted the western Greek alphabet. We use an adapted form of the Latin alphabet.
Which society introduced an alphabet that would later become the basis for the Greek alphabet?
The Phoenicians introduced an alphabet that would later influence the Greek alphabet. The Greek alphabet was adapted from the Phoenician script, with modifications and additions made to accommodate the unique sound system of the Greek language.
What was the contribution of Phoenician alphabet to Hebrew?
The Hebrew alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenicians.
How did the Phoenicians influence their world by trading?
They spread the alphabet they invented with trading and taught other cultures how to trade.
What did the Phoenicians do?
They did a lot! One invention is the alphabet. Many people think that the Greeks did that, but really the Phoenicians did, and later, the Greeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabet and changed it. That's the alphabet we use today!
What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
What were the Phoenicians known?
their alphabet
How did Phoenicians influence later people's?
They gave them the alphabet which has been the basis for written communication passed on to the Greeks, Romans and to us today.
Where is the alphabet from?
The Phoenicians invented the alphabet in the 1900's B.C.E.
What did the cretans learn from Phoenicians?
alphabet
