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The opportunity that the western Mediterranean countries offered for the exploitation

of trading activities and mineral resources.

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What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to your civilization?

The Phoenician Contribution was the 22-letter alphabet.---------------------------------------------------------------The alphabet. The ancient Greeks had lost the use of their old alphabet, known as linear-B, during the Greek Dark Ages. When Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages, it adopted and modified the Phoenician alphabet. The Romans, in turn, adopted and modified the Greek alphabet, to become the alphabet we use in the West.Trade and commerce. The Phoenicians were great maritime traders. They established colonies all around the Mediterranean, including Carthage and even Spain. Rome was forced to become more outward-looking as a result of Phoenician expansion.Religion. Some, but not all, of the ancient gods and theology of Greece were adopted from Phoenician influence.


Who made the Phoenician alphabet?

Phoenicians


What was the purpose of Phoenician colonies along the Mediterranean coast?

Trading posts from which they ran ships to carry good between the centres, from which trade they made a handsome profit.


Prior to the Phoenician alphabet most languages consisted of pictograms What made the Phoenician version different What made this system easier to understand?

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What made the Phoenician alphabeteso unique?

It was the first alphabet.


What are the important leaders of the Phoenician's?

The kings of the independent city-states which made up the Phoenician world.


What is the corresponding Phoenician letter of phi?

There's no corresponding letter for phi"To represent some sound distinctions made in Greek but not in Phoenician, the Greeks added phi, chi, psi, and later omega to the Phoenician symbols"See the related link.


What are two benefits to the Phoenician alphabet?

the Phoenician alphabet developed into our modern day alphabet and it helps us communicate.


What are advantages that the phoenician alphabet have over cuneiform?

The Phoenician alphabet is simpler and more concise than cuneiform, which had hundreds of characters. This made the Phoenician alphabet easier to learn and more adaptable for different languages. Additionally, the Phoenician alphabet was more portable, as it could be easily written and inscribed on various surfaces.


Whose alphabet did the Greeks modify?

They made modifications to the old Phoenician alphabet.


What other aspects made Phoenician trade significant?

It developed from trading Phoenician goods int carriage trade - that is shipping locally-produced goods between other centres.


Who were the leaders of the Phoenicians?

The kings of the independent city-states which made up the Phoenician people.