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The Phoenicians developed the Phoenician alphabet, also known as the Proto-Canaanite alphabet for writing. One theory is that it may have had its origins as an adaptation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to the Canaanite language.
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Why Phoenician develop a writing system?
For communication and records.
Where did the Phoenicians develop a writing system?
In the Phoenician city-states.
What was the connection between trade and the Phoenician alphabet?
The Phoenician trading ship spread their writing system around the Mediterranean Sea.
What was in the Phoenician alphabet?
It was the first system of characters for phoenetic writing, on which Greek, Latin and modern European writing developed.
How are the Phoenician alphabet and cuneiform writing different?
The Phoenician Alphabet was a phonetic system with 22 letters that represent consonants. The Cuneiform system used pictographs to represent entire words and concepts, and had many thousands of characters.
What was the system of writing of the Phoenician?
They looked for a better means of written communication and record keeping than the existing hieroglyphs and syllabic writing systems.
What was the most significant Phoenician contribution?
The alphabetic writing system, copied by Greek, Roman and modern European languages.
What was the year that the Phoenician language started?
Nobody knows, but their writing system was well-established by the year 1050 BCE.
What was the writing system used in ancient Greece?
The Greek alphabet which was derived from the Phoenician one.
How was the Phoenician system of writing similar to the Egyptian system of writing?
Alphabetic is phonic, cuneiform is pictographic.
How did the Phoenician alphabet differ from earlier forms of writing?
The Phoenician alphabet was an early form of alphabetic writing that used a system of 22 characters representing consonant sounds. This was a significant departure from earlier writing systems like cuneiform and hieroglyphics, which used a combination of logograms and syllabic signs to represent words and sounds. The Phoenician alphabet's simplicity and efficiency were key factors in its widespread adoption and influence on later alphabets, including the Greek and Latin scripts.
What is the difference between cuneiform writing and the writing of the Phoenician?
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