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Nobody knows, but it is assumed that they were the original inventors of the concept.
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What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
From what alphabet did the Greeks create their alphabet?
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
What influence the Phoenicians of Mesopotamia had on classical Greece?
The Phoenicians were from the Levant, not Mesopotamia. They passed on their alphabet.
What ancient peoples developed an alphabet?
The Phoenicians
Who introduced the written alphabet to the Greeks?
The Phoenicians.
What was the contribution of Phoenician alphabet to Hebrew?
The Hebrew alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenicians.
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
Where is the alphabet from?
The Phoenicians invented the alphabet in the 1900's B.C.E.
From who did the Greeks learn the alphabet?
the phoenicians
Who impacted the Greeks alphabet?
The Phoenicians
Who made the Phoenician alphabet?
Phoenicians
About the Phoenicians?
Traders and inventers of an alphabet.
What did the cretans learn from Phoenicians?
alphabet
From what alphabet did the Greeks create their alphabet?
The Greeks did not invent the alphabet. The alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians; the Greeks merely adapted the Phoenician alphabet to their own language.The Phoenician alphabet was originally a syllabary, but because of sound changes in the language it evolved into an alphabet.
Whose alphabet is the Greek alphabet based on?
The current consensus is that the Greeks got the alphabet from the Phoenicians.
