To simplify written communication and record keeping.
Establishing a trading empire which benefited the Mediterranean area and inventing an alphabet which formed the basis of Greek, Roman and today's alphabets.
It depends on what you consider "the main alphabet" to be. If you mean the main alphabet of the Bible, that is the Hebrew alphabet. the main difference between the Hebrew alphabet and the Greek alphabet is that the Greek alphabet includes letters for Vowels.
To record events. To communicate.
Their main influence was by trade. However they did export cultural influences such as the Phoenician alphabet which was the basis of effectife writing which was passed on through Greek and Roman hands to form the basis of our English alphabet and written communications today.
As the system developed, it became very corrupt
Lady Byblos
Tyre, Sidon, Carthage.
Tyre and Sidon/
Governing an expansive empire demanded it.
The reason that India isn't a developed country no matter how rich they are is due to the reason the government do not share there money out.
Tyre, Sidon, Carthage.
the fertile river valleys which favord agriculture.