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How was the Phoenicians alphabet different from writings such as cuneiform?
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∙ 10y ago
The Phoenicians invented a phonetic alphabet, in which a letter symbolizes a sound, and those sounds can be put together to make words. Other writing systems were in the form of ideograms, in which symbols stand for ideas rather than sounds. The phonetic alphabet has proved to be tremendously more useful.
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∙ 10y agoThe alphabetic language invented by the Phoenicians was just that - words were portrayed by letter sounds and characters. Previous writings were both syllabic and portrayed by a variety of symbols, and so not precise or economical.
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Who invented the writings of cuneiform?
sumerians
What did The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to do?
We are often told that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet. Regardless of who put pen to papyrus to create it, the Phoenician contribution was none-the-less major and critical. They were the major sea-traders of the Mediterranean, and they went everywhere. When the Phoenicians began using the alphabet as a simple and easy way to keep track of their trades, it was exposed to everyone.
What is the first known writing system?
the earliest writings were government lists and records. they began to use symbols instead of pictures to stand for words.
Who invented writings?
The Sumerians in Mesopotamia are thought to have invented writing around 5,000 years ago. The Egyptians invented the first rudimentary alphabet, and the Phoenicians invented the first writing system that was exclusively alphabetic.
What are two kinds of writing learned by early civilivzations writings?
According to historians, one of the two types of writings learned from early civilization is the pictographic form of writing that later evolved into cuneiform. This was common among the Sumerians. The second is hieroglyphics writings which were common in the Egyptian culture.
Who were the Phoenician and what were their accomplishments?
The Phoenicians were a Semitic people who settled in the Levant (eastern Mediterranean coast). They became great traders, and as their civilisation developed, invented the alphabet which formed the basis of Greek, Roman and today's alphabetical writings.
What is 216000 in Babylonians?
sorry, this site don't support cuneiform writings.
Babylonian Empire in 1754 BC?
Babylonian-Assyrian cuneiform was used in writings.
How did the Phoenicians make writing simpler?
They invented alphabetic writing to replace pictographic and syllabic writings.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread pf the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenicians traded around the Mediterranean Sea, and so sowed their alphabet in those places, which found it useful for their own communications, better then the pictograms and syllabic writings they used.
Who of the four civilizations Assyrians Phoenicians Persians and Hebrews made the greatest contribution to world history?
The Assyrians and Phoenicians cities and writings and not much compared to the Persian, Hebrew and the Egyptian contributions to history because that history is much longer.
What are the Egyptian picture writings called?
the Egypytian writting is called Hieroglyphic
