They invented an alphabet from which developed the Greek and Roman alphabets, and hence today's alphabets.
each symbol of the phoenician alphabet represented a consonant.
The Phoenician alphabet {on wikipedia}
The Phoenician people in the 9th Century BCE.
The Phoenician alphabet did not contain vowels.
Because Phoenician only had 22 letters, compared to the thousands of characters in Egyptian hieroglyphics, it was easier to become literate. With more literacy in a society, communication improved.
22 letters
There were 22 letters in the Phoenician alphabet.
They adapted the Phoenician alphabet for themselves by adding vowel letters.
22.
Phoenician - 22 letters, no vowels; Greek 16 letters including vowels.
Cadmus introduced Phoenician letters.
The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified consonantal alphabet, dating to approximately 1200 BCE. The alphabet was used by the ancient civilization of Phoenicia and through their traveling and colonization came to widespread use. The Phoenician alphabet consisted of 22 letters, many of which form the basis of the greek alphabet and therefore the Latin and English alphabets currently in use.
That cuneiform are pictures and the other one are typ of kind of like leters and pictures
Those were very different. Cuneiform was hard to learn with many symbols. The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters so it was easier to mast
The Greeks added eight extra letters and modified the symbols for the letters.
Those were very different. Cuneiform was hard to learn with many symbols. The Phoenician alphabet had 22 letters so it was easier to master.
The modern English alphabet consists of 26 letters and is derived from the Latin alphabet:ANSWER:They did not actually invent it, but improved upon the ancient Phoenician alphabet and brought it into wider usage.