They changed the shape and added more letters.
the alphabet
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!
the phoenicians
The Phoenicians
the Phoenicians made an alphabet that the Greeks adopted and changed a little.
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.
The Phoenicians
The Phoenicians
The Phoenicians.
yes ******* The Greeks derived the alphabet from the Phoenicians and they adapted it in their own needs.
sea-fairing phoenicians
In 700s BCE.