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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 does our present day alphabet have to do with the Phoenicians?
As merchants, the Phoenicians needed a simple to ease the burden of keeping records. They therefore replaced the cumbersome cuneiform alphabet of 550 characters with a phonetic alphabet, based on distinct sounds, consisting of 22 characters. After further alterations by the Greeks and Romans, this alphabet became this one we use today!
What was the contribution of Phoenician alphabet to Hebrew?
The Hebrew alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenicians.
What Phoenician inventions did the Greeks improve?
the alphabet
What were the Phoenicians known?
their alphabet
Who developed a writing system made up of 22 characters?
The Phoenicians are credited with developing a writing system made up of 22 characters known as the Phoenician alphabet. This alphabet served as the basis for many modern writing systems, including Greek and Latin.
Where is the alphabet from?
The Phoenicians invented the alphabet in the 1900's B.C.E.
The Phoenicians developed a alphabet using only how many symbols?
Sixteen, no vowels.
Who made the alphabet and why?
The Phoenicians developed the first alphabet because life had become too complex for memorizing information, and the older writing systems involved thousands of characters, which reduced literacy.
From who did the Greeks learn the alphabet?
the phoenicians
About the Phoenicians?
Traders and inventers of an alphabet.
What did the cretans learn from Phoenicians?
alphabet
