It's because it made writing easier.
it made trade easier to people who spoke two different languages
They based their writing systems on the Phoenician one, and this has passed though to today's writings.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
The Phoenician alphabet was the inspiration for the Greek alphabet.
The Phoenician Alphabet
Vowels.
Because the Greek alphabet was adapted from Phoenician, which began with Alef. (Nobody knows why the Phoenician alphabet begins with that letter).
Not really, no. The First modern, fully alphabetic writing system (including vowels) was the Greek alphabet, which was inspired by the Phoenician alphabet, which only had consonants.
The Greek alphabet was based on the Phoenician alphabet.
The Greeks modified the Phoenician language by adding vowels to the consonant-based Phoenician alphabet. They also introduced modifications to the pronunciation and order of the letters. This resulted in the creation of the Greek alphabet, which became the foundation for many modern alphabets, including the Latin alphabet used in English and many other languages.
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
The Phoenician alphabet, from which the Greek and Latin alphabets were developed.
The Greek alphabet, an evolution of the Phoenician. An evolution of the Greek alphabet was the Latin.
The letter in the Phonecian alphabet were the base upon which the Greek alphabet was built. From the greek alphabet, the roman alphabet was formed. The ancient roman alphabet are the letters used in Latin, and all of the Romance languages (English, Frensh, Spanish, Italian, ect.) '