They invented a system of alphabetic writing. They were also traders who operated around the Mediterranean Sea and so spread the writing and the ideas it contained. However the Mediterranean Sea is hardly the world, and so most of 'the world' had never heard of or from the Phoenicians.
Their spread around the Mediterranean Sea.
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
Phoenician civilizationwas an enterprising maritime trading culture that spreadacross the Mediterranean during the period 1550 BCE to 300 BCE. Though ancient boundaries of such city-centered cultures fluctuated, the city of Tyre seems to have been the southernmost.
The alphabet simplifies trade between people that spoke different languages. Phoenician sea trade,in return ,helped the alphabet to spread
The Phoenician traders took their alphabet with them and it was adopted and adapted.
They were trading stations spread around the central and western Mediterranean Sea.
The aspects of Phoenician and Lydian cultures was carried on by other cultures in a process known as cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the spread of culture and social activities between groups of people.
The aspects of Phoenician and Lydian cultures was carried on by other cultures in a process known as cultural diffusion. Cultural diffusion is the spread of culture and social activities between groups of people.
They entrenched Greek culture and power far beyond the cradle of the Grek peninsula and spread it around the Mediterranean and lack Seas.
As the Phoenician city-states traded around the Mediterranean littoral, and used their writing for communication and record keeping, other peoples they traded with saw its benefits and adopted it.
As the Phoenician city-states traded around the Mediterranean littoral, and used their writing for communication and record keeping, other peoples they traded with saw its benefits and adopted it.
The Phoenicians traded around the Mediterranean Sea, and spread their writing to the peoples there.